Re: Open 7.3 items

Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: "Neil Conway" <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>, "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-01T02:07:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > As for 7.3, maybe we can get that done in time of everyone likes it.
> > If we can't, what do we do?  Do we re-add the secondary password file
> > stuff that most people don't like?  My big question is how many other
> > PostgreSQL users figured out they could use the secondary password file
> > for username/db restrictions?  I never thought of it myself.  Maybe I
> > should ask on general.
>
> How many ppl that aren't subscribed to any of the lists are using this and
> are going to get burned royal when they upgrade to v7.3 without
> understanding it is gone?

I agree with Marc here - compatibility in this area might just be very
important (compared with some other lesser areas of incompatibility...)

Chris