Re: [HACKERS] password_encryption, default and 'plain' support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Vik Fearing
Subject Re: [HACKERS] password_encryption, default and 'plain' support
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Msg-id 8e1fc5d8-ad80-b88a-262a-690292bb9141@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] password_encryption, default and 'plain' support  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] password_encryption, default and 'plain' support  (Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>)
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On 05/05/2017 02:42 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> +        This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards
> +        compatibility.
> Isn't that incorrect English?

No.

> It seems to me that this be non-plural,
> as "for backward compatibility".

"Backwards" is not plural, it's a regional variation of "backward" (or
vice versa depending on which region you come from).  Both are correct.

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