Re: [HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-27 Thread Ivan Lezhnjov IV
Alright gentlemen here we go, take two. backup.sgml-cmd-v002.patch addresses your feedback and offers a better worded statements that avoid implying that some features are being deprecated when it isn't the case. We also spent some more time polishing other details, like making adjustments to

Re: [HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-12 Thread Ivan Lezhnjov IV
Hello everyone! I'd like to thank you for quick replies and for the thoughtful feedback. I'm working on improving the current wording and I'm going to follow up shortly with an updated version. Please, stay tuned. Ivan On Feb 11, 2013, at 12:15 AM, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:

Re: [HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-10 Thread Robert Haas
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Ivan Lezhnjov IV i...@commandprompt.com wrote: Hello, I'd like to submit the following patch that extends backup.sgml with a bit of practical but important information. Project: postgresql Patch filename: backup.sgml-cmd-v001.patch The patch extends

Re: [HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-10 Thread Kevin Grittner
Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure what others think, but the proposed wording seems a bit hard on plain text dumps to me. Agreed.  I don't know how many times I've piped the output of pg_dump to the input of psql.  Certainly that was very common before pg_upgrade was

Re: [HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas robertmh...@gmail.com writes: I'm not sure what others think, but the proposed wording seems a bit hard on plain text dumps to me. I wasn't terribly thrilled with labeling pg_dumpall deprecated, either. It might be imperfect for some use cases, but that adjective suggests that

[HACKERS] backup.sgml patch that adds information on custom format backups

2013-02-08 Thread Ivan Lezhnjov IV
Hello, I'd like to submit the following patch that extends backup.sgml with a bit of practical but important information. Project: postgresql Patch filename: backup.sgml-cmd-v001.patch The patch extends backup.sgml and adds practical information on custom format backups approach. Basically,