Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org> escribió: 1) The format is relatively stable, unlike our database schema. Sure, that's why we also have to update tables.sql (sometimes) to load the data back to the server :) . 2) Our databases are spread over dozens of servers, in mixes of internal binary compression formats whose interpretation is dependent on our configuration and custom code. 3) Our internal databases mix public and private information, which we have to separate for external dumps. Thus only completely public tables are dumped with mysqldump. That makes sense, Brion. Thank you for this clarification. Regards, Felipe. - -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l --------------------------------- Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente.

howard chen wrote: Issue 1, 2 and 3 that apply to SQL also apply to any other form of dump done via MySQL, including CVS. There is no feasible way of providing a CVS dump for the same reasons that a SQL one cannot be. The problem here is not the format, but the process it is created via. MinuteElectron.