Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Btw., it would really seem like a neat feature if a given pg_dump suite
> would also handle the respective previous version. Otherwise we're in a
> situation like now where we've got a shiny new pg_dump but people that
> want to upgrade are still stuck with the broken 7.0 incarnation.
No more stuck than they were if they had needed to reload from their
dump files into 7.0.
I really doubt that it's worth going out of our way to try to keep
pg_dump compatible with obsolete backends. If we had infinite manpower,
then sure, but I think the time is better spent elsewhere.
regards, tom lane