On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 04:09:13PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> here's a reversion patch for master.
> This reverts parts or all of the following commits:
I briefly looked through this. The biggest non-reverted part is, I think,
c1da728 "Move common pg_dump code related to connections to a new file".
Refraining from a revert of that one is defensible.
> dec6643487b Improve pg_dump/pg_dumpall help synopses and terminology
> @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> static void
> help(const char *progname)
> {
> - printf(_("%s exports a PostgreSQL database as an SQL script or to other
> formats.\n\n"), progname);
> + printf(_("%s dumps a database as a text file or to other
> formats.\n\n"), progname);
> printf(_("Usage:\n"));
> printf(_(" %s [OPTION]... [DBNAME]\n"), progname);
I think commit dec6643487b, which e.g. decided to standardize on the term
"export" for these programs, was independent of $SUBJECT.
