Re: Proposal: new file format for hba/ident/hosts configuration? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Jul 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> Freeze the parsing of old-style files; new features and changes go only in the new format. This should eliminate
(well,almost eliminate) the maintenance burden associated with having two file formats. 
>
> That's the scenario Tom warned against upthread.

But if, hypothetically, a new format were indeed a big improvement for
people, it's probably what we should do.

--Jacob