Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:00 PM, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:
>> It will be 12 years this year since this "temporary measure" was
>> added. I'm just wondering, is there any "complete solution" that
>> anyone had in mind yet? Or should this just be deprecated?
> I'd say +1 to remove it. That would also make it possible to get id of
> "password" authentication...
If we remove it without providing a substitute feature, people who are
using it will rightly complain.
Are you claiming there are no users, and if so, on what evidence?
regards, tom lane