Re: 8.4 release planning

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Subject: Re: 8.4 release planning
Date: 2009-01-27 20:32:48
Message-ID: 200901272232.50676.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Tuesday 27 January 2009 16:36:50 Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Peter Eisentraut (peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net) wrote:
> > As one of the earlier reviewers, I think the design is OK, but the way
> > the implementation is presented was not acceptable, and very little has
> > been accomplished in terms of reacting to our comments. For example,
> > where is the SQL row security feature, which should have been designed,
> > implemented, and committed separately, in the opinion of most
> > commentaries.
>
> Eh? Are you thinking of column-level privileges, which was committed
> last week?

No.

> The SQL spec doesn't define row-level security, and coming
> up with something willy-nilly on our own doesn't really strike me as the
> best approach.

Exactly. But there is plenty of discussion on that elsewhere.

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