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

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(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: 2026-07-09 21:19:30
Message-ID: CAD5tBcJK7ss2szse7tz5iz-M_9gko=kE0DdZTY+WbkjDuRC0Qg@mail.gmail.com
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>
> Freeze the parsing of old-style files; new features and changes go only in
> the new format. This should eliminate (well, almost eliminate) the
> maintenance burden associated with having two file formats.
>

That's the scenario Tom warned against upthread.

cheers

andrew

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