Re: Time to drop RADIUS support?

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Time to drop RADIUS support?
Date: 2026-01-23 17:50:40
Message-ID: CAOYmi+kwVHbra-80wSC7Rh9OGttdd8QFV+VcBtSNkEkux6XkyQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > I don't think removing it entirely from all back branches is a good
> > idea, without first making sure that there are no users.
>
> Agreed, we can't pull it from the back branches. But I'm in favor of
> pulling it from HEAD if we document how to use PAM-based RADIUS
> instead. I agree with Thomas' argument that the cost-benefit ratio
> of fixing our implementation would be poor.

+1.

I still think a WARNING in the back branches would be a kindness, to
let people know that they need to move.

--Jacob

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