Re: Potentially misleading name of libpq pass phrase hook - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jonathan S. Katz
Subject Re: Potentially misleading name of libpq pass phrase hook
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Msg-id 875071bd-4642-5e50-76d2-78cfbc1968bc@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: Potentially misleading name of libpq pass phrase hook  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Potentially misleading name of libpq pass phrase hook
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On 5/15/20 8:21 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 3:03 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
>>> Since we haven't shipped this there is still time to rename, which IMO
>>> is the right way forward.  PQsslKeyPassHook_<library>_type would be one
>>> option, but perhaps there are better alternatives?
>
>> ISTM this should be renamed yeah -- and it should probably go on the open
>> item lists, and with the schedule for the beta perhaps dealt with rather
>> urgently?
>
> +1.  Once beta1 is out the cost to change the name goes up noticeably.
> Not that we *couldn't* do it later, but it'd be better to have it be
> right in beta1.

+1 on all of the above.

I noticed this has been added to Open Items; I added a note that the
plan is to fix before the Beta 1 wrap.

Jonathan


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