Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rZz4w-007VDR-LZ for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:08:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rZz4u-0029X7-EW for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:08:28 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rZz4u-0029Wz-75 for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:08:28 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1rZz4r-006as4-QW for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:08:26 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 41DK8Op82669704; Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:08:24 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Daniel Gustafsson cc: Magnus Hagander , hanefi.onaldi@microsoft.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Broken link in pgcrypto documentation In-reply-to: <9648F8FB-208E-4645-95D9-3E833C586512@yesql.se> References: <170774255387.3279713.2822272755998870925@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <6366A797-44A1-4685-A6BF-B2E5293C4321@yesql.se> <2666720.1707853356@sss.pgh.pa.us> <9648F8FB-208E-4645-95D9-3E833C586512@yesql.se> Comments: In-reply-to Daniel Gustafsson message dated "Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:52:34 +0100" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2669702.1707854904.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:08:24 -0500 Message-ID: <2669703.1707854904@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Daniel Gustafsson writes: > On 13 Feb 2024, at 20:42, Tom Lane wrote: >> I'm a little dubious about the "Technical References" list right below >> it, too. The RFC references are probably useful and stable, and maybe >> the wikipedia ref is OK, but I have little faith in either the >> stability or the long-term relevance of the other two links. > Not even those are all that stable, while the RFCs' in question haven't = been > replaced they have all been updated with new RFC's which we don't link t= o. I > think we are better off removing them as well and leaving reading up on > security/crypto subject an exercise for the reader. Good point. Nuking both lists works for me. regards, tom lane