Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql/contrib/pg_dumpaccounts (Makefile README pg_dumpaccounts.sh)

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > What part of "no new features in bug-fix releases" is giving people
> > trouble?
>
> Interesting observation here: the key developers seem to be much more
> exercised about this than the rest of the community. Counting core
> members and Peter we have three "no" and one "yes", whereas as best
> I recall the votes from the rest of pghackers are about 6 to 1 in
> favor.
>
> Make of that what you will --- but I'm going to yield the point,
> since the non-core sentiment seems to be very clear.

I think the core/active group is more negative because of the way this
was done, with GB calling Jan, and Jan jamming it in with no discussion.

Jan originally had it in /bin/pg_dump as a new command and a new manual
page. You can image the firestore that would have caused. I called him
right away and got it into /contrib.

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