> At 11:41 PM 7/31/00 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >I am more concerned with giving people a pg_dump option of questionable
> >value. I don't have problems adding it to the C code because it may be
> >of use to some people.
>
> I'm uncomfortable because I know of no other *nix utility that has such
> options.
>
> If they exist, can someone enumerate them?
>
> It's hard to see why PG is such a special case in this regard, requiring
> such an overbearingly groty kludge.
Yes, agreed. I read a nice article about Mozilla feature-creep, and how
it killed them:
http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/07/31/
We have been pretty good about keeping ourselves lean and directed.
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