On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 01:05:09PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote: > I think this is the second decennial thread [0] for removing this GUC. > This topic came up at PGCon, so I thought I'd start the discussion on the > lists. > > I'm personally not aware of anyone using this parameter. A couple of my > colleagues claimed to have used it in the aughts, but they also noted that > users were confused by the current implementation, and they seemed > generally in favor of removing it. AFAICT the strongest reason for keeping > it is that there is presently no viable replacement. Does this opinion > still stand? If so, perhaps we can look into adding a viable replacement > for v17.
I am the original author, and it was a hack designed to support per-database user names. I am fine with its removal. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Only you can decide what is important to you.
