Re: Getting rid of pg_pltemplate

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Getting rid of pg_pltemplate
Date: 2011-08-23 18:48:17
Message-ID: 1430.1314125297@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Having done that, we'd mark all the standard "trusted" PLs as dba_create,
>> expand the existing definition scripts for the PL extensions so that they
>> fully specify the languages and their support functions (transferring all
>> that knowledge from the current contents of pg_pltemplate), and then
>> remove pg_pltemplate.

> What about untrusted languages?

Untrusted languages would still need to be installed by superusers.
At least, that's the policy enforced by the current contents of
pg_pltemplate, and I wasn't planning to question it.

regards, tom lane

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