Re: 8.4 release planning

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Joshua Brindle <method(at)manicmethod(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-28 22:40:34
Message-ID: 200901282240.n0SMeYK03322@momjian.us
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Simon Riggs wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 14:18 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Joshua Brindle <method(at)manicmethod(dot)com> writes:
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >> Right, which is why it's bad for something like a foreign key constraint
> > >> to expose the fact that the row does exist after all.
> >
> > > Once again, this is not an issue for us.
> >
> > Yes it is an issue
>
> > The question of whether there is a covert channel is only a small part
> > of my complaint here. If it's the judgement of security experts that
> > that's an acceptable thing, that's fine, it's their turf. But SQL
> > behavior is my turf, and I'm not happy with discarding fundamental
> > semantic properties.
>
> Why did we bother to invite Joshua here if we aren't going to listen to
> him?
>
> Thanks for coming to help Joshua, much appreciated.

I agree. This is exactly the type of feedback I was hoping for.

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