Re: MD5-based passwords

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: MD5-based passwords
Date: 2001-11-08 19:30:37
Message-ID: 200111081930.fA8JUbL29294@candle.pha.pa.us
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> We have quite a few code changes which I am unsure about at this point.
> There are quite a few contributions which are coming in right now. I am
> unclear as to how to handle the 7.2/7.3 thing

It is always a tough decision.

> I don't want to lose momentum, but I also don't want to put out buggy
> code?

Yep, that is the tradeoff. At this point we usually only add bug fixes
or features that many people really need.

>
> A number of the contributions are implementations of the driver which
> didn't exist before. Since none of the core code is being modified, I am
> tending towards adding them as they com in?
>
> The contributions that I am aware of include
>
> MD5 passwords
> Exported/Imported keys
> Fixes to getTables

The decision is up to you guys now. :-)

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