On Wed, 2025-06-25 at 08:18 +0900, Fujii Masao wrote: > For pg_dump and pg_dumpall, I agree with Jeff's idea in [1], > but if the statistics is skipped by default, I don't think > we need a --no-statistics option. So, here's how I think > the options should work: > > * Keep: --schema-only, --data-only, --statistics-only, --no- > schema, --no-data, -and -statistics > * Remove: --no-statistics, --with-schema, and --with-data
... > For pg_restore, I believe there's agreement to restore statistics > by default if they exist in the archive. So: > > * Keep: --schema-only, --data-only, --statistics-only, --no- > schema, --no-data, and --no-statistics > * Remove: --with-schema, --with-data, and --statistics That means pg_dump will accept --statistics and reject --no-statistics; and pg_restore will accept --no-statistics and reject --statistics. Other options are mostly the same between them, so I'm not sure it's a good idea for them to diverge. Regards, Jeff Davis