Re: Deprecations in authentication

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:20 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
>> 2. ident-over-unix-sockets was renamed to "peer" in 9.1, with the old
>> syntax deprecated but still mapping to the new one. Has it been there
>> long enough that we should start throwing an error for ident on unix?

> Definitely not.  I see no reason to change that, well, really ever.
> But certainly not after just two releases.  It seems to me like a
> useful convenience that does no real harm.

I think the argument that it causes user confusion is a fairly strong
one, though.
        regards, tom lane