On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:05 PM, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> My point is more that it forces users to make choices whenever they use
> pg_dump. And the tar format has plenty downsides that aren't immediately
> apparent. By keeping something with only a small upside around, we
> force users to waste time.
Yeah, I admit that's a valid argument.
>> Why did we invent "custom" format dumps instead of using a standard
>> container-file format like tar/cpio/zip/whatever?
>
> Because they're either not all that simple, or don't random read access
> inside. But that's just a guess, not fact.
Mmm.
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