Greg Smith <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Daniel Migowski wrote: >> A small investigation showed to me that bzip2 compressed sql files >> take only 60% of the space of gz compressed files. Since bzip2 is >> fairly common today, could one add an option to pg_dump and pg_restore >> supporting this compression type in their custom format? Or do the >> PostgreSQL folks prefer no to do that regarding backwards compatibility? > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#Why_aren.27t_there_more_compression_options_when_dumping_tables.3F > now has a first round answer to this topic, one that addresses the > things that pop up every time this discussion is raised. There are > speed, code quality, code license, and patent issues all making this > much harder to change than is obvious at first. Looks good. I added the point that pg_dump output has to be readable far into the future, so conservatism in what we support is a good thing. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
