Re: [HACKERS] password_encryption, default and 'plain' support

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 +        This option is obsolete but still accepted for backwards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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