Re: Thoughts on maintaining 7.3

"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:

> >Yes, please.  Please, please do not force all users to accept new
> > features in "stable" trees.
> What if the feature does break compatibility with old features?
> What if it is "truly" a new feature?
> 
> One example would be that we are considering reworking
> pg_dump/restore a bit to support batch uploads and interactive mode.
> It would not break compatibility with anything but would
> greatly enhance one's ability to actually backup and restore
> large volume sets.

Well, since those are separate programs and not intimately tied to the
backend, you could distribute them separately for people who need
them...

-Doug