From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:12:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improve release note explanation of the change in libpq's handling of
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Improve release note explanation of the change in libpq's handling of
default usernames versus Kerberos tickets.  Per confusion about what
bug #4824 was really about.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
index 7c193d8f4e..b479259828 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-8.4.sgml
@@ -2703,12 +2703,18 @@
 
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Make Kerberos connections use the same method to determine the
-        username of the client as all other authentication methods (Magnus)
+        Do not rely on Kerberos tickets to determine the default database
+        username (Magnus)
        </para>
 
        <para>
-        Previously a special Kerberos-only API was used.
+        Previously, a Kerberos-capable build of libpq would use the
+        principal name from any available Kerberos ticket as default
+        database username, even if the connection wasn't using Kerberos
+        authentication.  This was deemed inconsistent and confusing.
+        The default username is now determined the same way with or
+        without Kerberos.  Note however that the database username must still
+        match the ticket when Kerberos authentication is used.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>