Re: Proposal: new file format for hba/ident/hosts configuration?

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com>, Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: new file format for hba/ident/hosts configuration?
Date: 2026-07-13 09:38:59
Message-ID: 21FABBDE-07F9-409B-A0AE-6C5052BB96D7@yesql.se
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> On 11 Jul 2026, at 14:43, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:

> just jumping to a new format is going to create a world of pain for users. We'd need to carry the old format for a while as well, I think,

Agreed, I don't think anyone is suggesting we migrate formats in a release.
Making sure that existing configurations continue to work, either as
one-or-the-other or with a new config as additive to the old, until converted
will be very important.

> and also provide some conversion tools.

+1

> I do agree that sometimes the formats can make expressiveness very clumsy.

+1

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Daniel Gustafsson

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