| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Friedrich Dodt <friedrich(dot)dodt(at)efonds24(dot)de>, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Where is PLbash ?? |
| Date: | 2002-06-25 17:54:06 |
| Message-ID: | 200206251754.g5PHs6I02066@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Peter, can we add PL/sh into CVS for 7.3?
>
> I'm kind of against adding PL/sh to CVS, ever; and I believe Peter is
> too, else he'd have done it already.
>
> I know you will say that PL/sh is not any more dangerous than the
> untrusted versions of plperl and pltcl, but there is a difference.
> PL/sh has *no reason to exist* other than to implement
> non-transaction-safe outside-the-database behavior; there is no safe
> behavior for which it is the preferred tool. I think making it easily
> available is a bad idea, because people *will* shoot themselves in the
> foot with it.
Well, sending an email is something only PL/sh can do. I don't see the
point if we document when it should be used.
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