On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 19:36, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 19:21, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >>> I thought the proposal on the table was to add "peer" (or some other >>> name) to refer to the unix-socket auth method, and use that term >>> preferentially in the docs, while continuing to accept "ident" as an >>> old name for it. Is that really too confusing? > >> Yes, that's the current proposal - and also have the system log that >> "ident is deprecated, use peer" when it's found in the files. > > Personally I could do without that little frammish. We don't issue > wrist-slaps for other obsolete usages; why single out this one?
Fair enough. I may be guilty of thinking we should do it more often ;), but I agree that being consistent is more important. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
