On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > * Stephen Frost (sfr...@snowman.net) wrote: >> I should have been more specific. I don't believe they've moved to >> using pg_roles completely (which was created specifically to address the >> issue that regular users can't select from pg_authid). > > Err, forgot to finish that thought, sorry. Let's try again: > > I should have been more specific. I don't believe they've moved to > using pg_roles completely (which was created specifically to address the > issue that regular users can't select from pg_authid) simply because > they haven't had reason to.
That's another way of saying "removing pg_user would be creating extra work for tool authors that otherwise wouldn't need to be done". -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
