Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal of SE-PostgreSQL patches (for CommitFest:Sep)
Date: 2008-09-23 22:21:15
Message-ID: 20080923222115.GC8885@alvh.no-ip.org
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

> True, but think we would like to have all the SQL-level stuff done
> first, or at least decide we don't want it at the SQL level, before
> moving forward with adding fine-grained controls.

This makes no sense. We've been sitting for years on the per-row
privilege stuff, and there haven't been many takers. It doesn't look
like somebody is going to write it for 8.4, which means delaying the
inclusion of SE-Pgsql stuff just because that other thing is not done
does not favor anyone.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support

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