| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Deprecations in authentication |
| Date: | 2012-10-18 16:38:50 |
| Message-ID: | 29896.1350578330@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>> 2. ident-over-unix-sockets was renamed to "peer" in 9.1, with the old
>> syntax deprecated but still mapping to the new one. Has it been there
>> long enough that we should start throwing an error for ident on unix?
> Definitely not. I see no reason to change that, well, really ever.
> But certainly not after just two releases. It seems to me like a
> useful convenience that does no real harm.
I think the argument that it causes user confusion is a fairly strong
one, though.
regards, tom lane
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