Re: type privileges and default privileges

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: type privileges and default privileges
Date: 2011-11-11 03:41:13
Message-ID: 23982.1320982873@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> * Tom Lane (tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us) wrote:
>> To actually get rid of acldefault, we'd have to do that not only for
>> types but for all objects with ACLs. That's a LOT of catalog bulk,
>> and like Robert I'm not seeing much benefit. It's not unreasonable
>> to want the typical case to be small and fast.

> A LOT of catalog bulk..? Am I missing something here?

What I'm missing is what actual benefit we get from spending the extra
space. (No, I don't believe that changing the defaults is something
that users commonly will or should do; it's certainly not the case to
optimize for.)

regards, tom lane

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