Re: password_encryption default

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: password_encryption default
Date: 2020-05-29 13:18:27
Message-ID: 20200529131827.GL6680@tamriel.snowman.net
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Greetings,

* Michael Paquier (michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz) wrote:
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 02:53:17PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > More along these lines: We could also remove the ENCRYPTED and UNENCRYPTED
> > keywords from CREATE and ALTER ROLE. AFAICT, these have never been emitted
> > by pg_dump or psql, so there are no concerns from that end. Thoughts?
>
> +0.5. I think that you have a good point about the removal of
> UNENCRYPTED (one keyword gone!) as we don't support it since 10. For
> ENCRYPTED, I'd rather keep it around for compatibility reasons for a
> longer time, just to be on the safe side.

It's both inaccurate and would be completely legacy at that point.

I disagree entirely about keeping it around 'for compatibility'.

Thanks,

Stephen

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