On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM Nathan Bossart
<nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:11:47AM -0400, Corey Huinker wrote:
> Regarding whether pg_dump should dump statistics by default, my current
> thinking is that it shouldn't, but I think we _should_ have pg_upgrade
> dump/restore statistics by default because that is arguably the most
> important use-case. This is more a gut feeling than anything, so I reserve
> the right to change my opinion.
>
I did some mental exercises on a number of different use cases and
scenarios (pagila work, pgextractor type stuff, backups, etc...) and I
couldn't come up with any strong arguments against including the stats
by default, generally because I think when your process needs to care
about the output of pg_dump, it seems like most cases require enough
specificity that this wouldn't actually break that.
Still, I am sympathetic to Greg's earlier concerns on the topic, but
would also agree it seems like a clear win for pg_upgrade, so I think
our gut feelings might actually be aligned on this one ;-)
Robert Treat
https://xzilla.net
