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Re: password_encryption, default and 'plain' support

Gavin Flower <gavinflower@archidevsys.co.nz>

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From: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>
To: Vik Fearing <vik.fearing@2ndquadrant.com>, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-05-06T10:56:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 06/05/17 22:44, Vik Fearing wrote:
> On 05/05/2017 02:42 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> +        This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
>> +        compatibility.
>> Isn't that incorrect English?
> No.
>
>> It seems to me that this be non-plural,
>> as "for backward compatibility".
> "Backwards" is not plural, it's a regional variation of "backward" (or
> vice versa depending on which region you come from).  Both are correct.
>
I am English, born & bred, and 'Backwards' feels a lot more natural to me.


Cheers,
Gavin

Commits

  1. Remove support for password_encryption='off' / 'plain'.