> I do not intend to rewrite this code (which has been in pgAdmin for
> years) on the basis of a single complaint from the author of an
> equivalent, but commercial tool. If you do not like the effects you see
> when a user has a pgpass file, you should warn them in your own code,
> not expect us to change ours to avoid using a documented feature of libpq.
Ok, as most of the regular readers know, I don't often agree with Tony
(so open your eyes, you may never see this again!), but really Dave,
that's not a true statement. I know for a fact that I have complained
about this feature at least once (I think twice) and we had a pretty
long discussion about it. And I like to see myself as a developer on the
project, and not a commercial tool ;-)
I have been bitten by this myself. Even after I knew it. And I know
others who have been. *I* think that pgAdmin *should* store the password
along with the rest of the connection options, or at least make it an
option to do so instead.
But there was a discussion, and I was in minority, so I bowed to the
majority vote. And I still do. Doesn't mean I think it's right ;-) But
I'm not going to go and commit a change for it.
//Magnus
