"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> writes:
> Third, and more directed to Tom ... if applied, would this break the other
> client libraries, or only make it available to those that have been fixed?
Unextended clients should fail with reasonable grace, AFAIK. I wasn't
objecting to the notion of adding an auth method on those grounds,
merely pointing out that there's more work to be done.
regards, tom lane