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Re: Documentation: 21.5. Default Roles

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, "Jonathan S. Katz" <jkatz@postgresql.org>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, R Ransbottom <rirans@comcast.net>, Ian Barwick <ian.barwick@2ndquadrant.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-04-29T19:08:24Z
Lists: pgsql-docs 
On 2020-04-10 05:45, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, Apr  9, 2020 at 08:47:56PM -0400, Jonathan Katz wrote:
>> On 4/9/20 4:57 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> Jonathan, Stephen, with the minor release done, can we focus on adding
>>> the URL redirect and completing the patch to rename this feature in the
>>> docs?  Thanks.
>>
>> Yes, I have a prototype for this ready, which I had scrambled together
>> before the release. I am happy to make it committable in the coming days.
> 
> Thanks.  Once that is done Stephen can apply my patch with his
> additions.

I think we should leave the backbranches alone.  The feature shipped 
with the name as it did, and users know it as such.  If we start 
retroactively renaming all functionality when we change our mind, it 
will create complete madness.  New ideas belong into the master branch.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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Commits

  1. Rename Default Roles to Predefined Roles

  2. Revert "docs: change "default role" wording to "predefined role""