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

From: Jacob Champion <jacob(dot)champion(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Tristan Partin <tristan(at)partin(dot)io>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Zsolt Parragi <zsolt(dot)parragi(at)percona(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Subject: Re: Proposal: new file format for hba/ident/hosts configuration?
Date: 2026-07-07 23:08:04
Message-ID: CAOYmi+mTwUcrdV6LTv3OfQca3qTWso=Z21eVzU8cHo7wmr++vQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> It's
> not their problem if we're having issues shoehorning new features
> into the existing format.

(It is, though. Users like new features, and I have yet to meet a user
who's happy that we don't implement reasonable improvements because of
choices made pre-21st-century. The config format has gotten in the way
of recent development, and it's starting to force a bunch of
unpleasant compromises.)

--Jacob

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