Re: Thoughts on a "global" client configuration? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Thoughts on a "global" client configuration?
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Msg-id CA+Tgmoa3YRrkn0eh1ugWcU-9exrhD5EzOqZ5+bQT2-Hd-auJcQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Thoughts on a "global" client configuration?  (Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>)
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org> wrote:
> Re: Robert Haas
> > So you support calling it libpq.so.5 forever, no matter how much we change?
>
> I would say SONAME/ABI/API breakages are not a tool to promote better
> SSL settings. If we want to move to sslmode=verify-full by default, we
> should just do that. I don't see why adding extra ABI/API pain would
> make that transition any better for users.
>
> We can move to libpq6 if there are technical reasons, but the general
> pain will be long-lasting until the whole world has caught up. (Debian
> etc can switch pretty easily, but there's a gazillion of third-party
> things.)

OK, good to know. I somehow can't get over how crazy it seems to
hadcode the version to 5 forever, but, eh, [ old man yells at cloud
emoji here ].

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com



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