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

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: 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: 2026-07-09 21:43:17
Message-ID: CAOYmi+=jc2v38sXm_nG5HFw04ud9so28Qh5brWpisjBOVFdsBw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>> 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.

But if, hypothetically, a new format were indeed a big improvement for
people, it's probably what we should do.

--Jacob

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