[email protected] writes:
> I have a relatively trivial proposal - this affects pg_dumpall exclusively.
> Primary use case in ability to use pg_dumpall without SUPERUSER.
> * Add --no-alter-role flag to only use CREATE ROLE syntax instead of CREATE
> then ALTER.
What's the point of that?
> * Likely controversial - add --merge-credentials-file which loads
> ROLE/PASSWORD combinations from an ini file and adds to dump output if ROLE
> password not present. Implemented with an external library, inih.
If it requires an external library, it's probably DOA, regardless of
whether there's a compelling use-case (which you didn't present anyway).
regards, tom lane
