Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Andy Grimm <agrimm(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #6412: psql & fe-connect truncate passwords
Date: 2012-08-27 16:39:02
Message-ID: 3449.1346085542@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Did we want this patch applied? Not enough demand?

It seems a bit overengineered at this point. I realize Andy wasn't the
one pushing to support arbitrary-length passwords originally, but I
can't see adding this much code for that. I don't even see the value
of allowing them to be more than 100 characters ...

regards, tom lane

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