some PostgreSQL 12 release notes comments

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: some PostgreSQL 12 release notes comments
Date: 2019-09-17 17:09:09
Message-ID: d4dff575-90ab-9c8c-cc6f-8c657e2de665@2ndquadrant.com
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> * Client- and server-side encryption for authentication using GSSAPI

This is on the wire encryption, so I don't know why it says client-side
and server-side. Proposal:

* Encrypted TCP/IP connections using GSSAPI encryption

in the major features section, and later

* Add GSSAPI encryption support (Robbie Harwood, Stephen Frost)

This allows TCP/IP connections to be encrypted when using GSSAPI
authentication without having to set up a separate encryption facility
like SSL.

> * Discovery of LDAP servers if PostgreSQL is built with OpenLDAP

I would remove the "if" part from the major features list, since it's a
qualification of minor importance. Instead I'd write something like

* Discovery of LDAP servers using DNS SRV

which is a clearer concept that people can easily recognize.

> * Allow data type name to use non-C collations

I'm not sure why that is listed in the "Migration" section.

It's also a bit confusing as a release note item relative to PostgreSQL
11. I believe the changes were that "name" was made collation aware and
that the collation was set to "C" in the system catalogs (which is a
separate item later). This group of items could use a reshuffling.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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