Re: [GENERAL] SHA1 on postgres 8.3

"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> writes:
> In summary: what would objections be to my writing a sha1() patch? 

Mainly that no one else is dissatisfied with the current split between
core and pgcrypto.

The only reason md5() is in core is to support encryption of passwords
in pg_shadow.  There are good reasons not to have any more crypto
capability in core than we absolutely have to; mainly to do with
benighted laws in some countries.
        regards, tom lane