Re: PG 12 draft release notes

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 09:19:53AM +0900, Ian Barwick wrote:
> the last two items are performance improvements not related to authentication;
> presumably the VACUUM item would be better off in the "Utility Commands"
> section and the TRUNCATE item in "General Performance"?

I agree with removing them from authentication, but these are not
performance-related items. Instead I think that "Utility commands" is
a place where they can live better.

I am wondering if we should insist on the DOS attacks on a server, as
non-authorized users are basically able to block any tables, and
authorization is only a part of it, one of the worst parts
actually... Anyway, I think that "This prevents unauthorized locking
delays." does not provide enough details. What about reusing the
first paragraph of the commits? Here is an idea:
"A caller of TRUNCATE/VACUUM/ANALYZE could previously queue for an
access exclusive lock on a relation it may not have permission to
truncate/vacuum/analyze, potentially interfering with users authorized
to work on it. This could prevent users from accessing some relations
they have access to, in some cases preventing authentication if a
critical catalog relation was blocked."
--
Michael