Re: PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement draft

From: "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement draft
Date: 2025-05-07 03:24:44
Message-ID: ec23984c-e680-4faf-aa79-cf5097b0a7e1@postgresql.org
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On 5/6/25 11:17 AM, Nathan Bossart wrote:

> IMHO we should emphasize that MD5 password support will be removed in a
> future release and that users should migrate to something else soon. I'm
> imagining it'll still be at least a couple of years before I muster up the
> courage to actually propose removing MD5 support, but I think it's
> important to broadcast our intent here.

I took most of these changes. I don't think we should add the MD5 "will
be removed in a future release" in the beta announcement, as that could
lead to confusion (e.g. it's removed in beta 2!). I'm fine with adding
that in the GA.

Jonathan

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