Re: password_encryption default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: password_encryption default
Date
Msg-id 20200529131827.GL6680@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: password_encryption default  (Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>)
List pgsql-hackers
Greetings,

* Michael Paquier (michael@paquier.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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