"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> writes:
> In summary: what would objections be to my writing a sha1() patch?
Mainly that no one else is dissatisfied with the current split between
core and pgcrypto.
The only reason md5() is in core is to support encryption of passwords
in pg_shadow. There are good reasons not to have any more crypto
capability in core than we absolutely have to; mainly to do with
benighted laws in some countries.
regards, tom lane