Re: Patch: dumping tables data in multiple chunks in pg_dump

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch: dumping tables data in multiple chunks in pg_dump
Date: 2026-01-14 22:17:27
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Hi,

On 2026-01-14 23:10:38 +0100, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> Is this the whole guidelines we have for this ?

I don't think we have more written down in a central place.

> Did not recognise it at once, but I assume that this implies also
> things about backporting, as only way to backport something is to put
> it in a minor release.

Correct.

> I was hoping that there were some exceptions possible for things
> affecting interactions between different versions that need also
> support from older versions, but if this page is all we have then
> likely not.

I think we have made maybe a handful of exceptions over the years, not more.

> Do we have the same strict no improvements in minor versions policy
> for contrib/ extensions and tools?

Yes.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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