On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 10:15:49PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 02.06.25 17:32, Nathan Bossart wrote: > > Since MD5 passwords are slated to be marked as deprecated in v18, I figured > > it might be a good idea to add a check for roles with MD5 passwords to > > pg_upgrade. I'm tempted to suggest that we apply this to v18, but I'm > > content to leave it for v19 if nobody feels too strongly about it. > > I tend think pg_upgrade should stick to checking things that are necessary > for the upgrade to succeed. It shouldn't start being an interactive portal > to the release notes for aspects that are merely recommendations. I'm not > necessarily against having such a facility somewhere. But not everyone uses > pg_upgrade, and not every user of pg_upgrade reads all the messages.
Yes, combine that with the fact that most people don't see pg_upgrade output, and the case is even less positive. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
