On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 05:38:25PM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > My comment that include_realm is supported back to 8.4 was because there > > is an expectation that a pg_hba.conf file can be used unchanged across > > several major releases. So when 9.5 comes out and people update their > > pg_hba.conf files for 9.5, those files will still work in old releases. > > But the time to do those updates is then, not now. > > The back-branches are being patched to discourage using the default > because it's not a secure approach. New users start using PG all the > time and so changing the existing documentation is worthwhile to ensure > those new users understand. A note in the release notes for whichever > minor release the change to the documentation shows up in would be a > good way to make existing users aware of the change and hopefully > encourage them to review their configuration. > > If we don't agree that the change should be made then we can discuss > that, but everyone commenting so far has agreed on the change.
Where are we on this? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
