| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> |
| Cc: | Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SCRAM in the PG 10 release notes |
| Date: | 2017-09-21 14:42:09 |
| Message-ID: | f1f53046-1ddb-a655-7bf6-c7d65d9b8ee0@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 9/19/17 20:45, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 9/19/17 17:55, Jeff Janes wrote:
>> I guess I'm late to the party, but I don't see why this is needed at
>> all. We encourage people to use any and all new features which are
>> appropriate to them--that is why we implement new features. Why does
>> this feature need a special invitation?
>
> It's not clear to me how an average user would get from the press
> release or release notes to upgrading their installation to use
> SCRAM-based authentication and passwords. A little bit more guidance
> somewhere would be helpful.
Here is a patch that expands the SCRAM documentation a bit, adds more
explanation how the different options are related, and sets some better
links. I think now you can get from the release notes to the relevant
documentation and have enough information on how to put the new features
into use.
--
Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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| 0001-doc-Expand-user-documentation-on-SCRAM.patch | text/plain | 8.8 KB |
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