> > Well, PITR without log archiving could be alternative to
> > pg_dump/pg_restore, but I agreed that it's not the big
> > feature to worry about.
>
> Seems like a pointless "feature" to me. A pg_dump dump serves just
> as well to capture a snapshot --- in fact better, since it's likely
> smaller, definitely more portable, amenable to selective restore, etc.
But pg_restore probably will take longer time than copy data files
back and re-apply log.
> I think we should design the PITR dump to do a good job for PITR,
> not a poor job of both PITR and pg_dump.
As I already said - agreed -:)
Vadim