Re: Can we let extensions change their dumped catalog schemas? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Can we let extensions change their dumped catalog schemas?
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Msg-id 668468.1673471022@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Can we let extensions change their dumped catalog schemas?  (Jacob Champion <jchampion@timescale.com>)
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Jacob Champion <jchampion@timescale.com> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2023 at 7:53 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I also fear that it will break
>> a bunch of use-cases that work fine today, which are exactly the
>> ones for which we originally defined pg_dump as *not* committing
>> to a particular extension version.

> Right, I think it would have to be opt-in. Say, a new control file
> option dump_version or some such.

That would require all the installed extensions to cope with this
the same way, which does not seem like a great assumption.

            regards, tom lane



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