yesodweb / yesodweb/persistent

Document the fact that most of the adapters silently support environment variables

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Description

As environment variables are arguably "the right way to do it", and as people occasionally ask in #yesodweb whether it's really a good idea to put a database password in a file, I think it's a good idea to mention what environment variables are supported by which adapters, maybe even in the haddocks.

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Start by locating the adapters and their Haddock documentation, then identify which environment variables each adapter supports. Done means the documentation maps supported variables to adapters and addresses the database-password guidance.

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Tech stack
haskell
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
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30/100

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