Re: password_encryption default

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: password_encryption default
Date: 2020-05-22 15:50:51
Message-ID: 29274.1590162651@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>> I'm +1 for changing both of these things as soon as we branch for v14,
>> but I feel like it's a bit late for v13. If we aren't feature-frozen
>> now, when will we be?

> I really don't consider changing of defaults to be on the same level as
> implementation of whole features, even if changing those defaults
> requires a few lines of code to go with the change.

The buildfarm fiasco with 09f08930f should remind us that changing
defaults *does* break things, even if theoretically it shouldn't.
At this phase of the v13 cycle, we should be looking to fix bugs,
not to break more stuff.

regards, tom lane

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