| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Quick Extensions Question |
| Date: | 2011-03-03 07:03:08 |
| Message-ID: | 55071CFF-F6DD-4CAC-9E68-9259765D2D04@kineticode.com |
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On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> "David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
>> If my extension requires a procedural language, will adding that language to the `requires` control key do what I think it should do?
>
> No.
>
> Probably in future the standard PLs will be packaged as extensions, and
> then it will work. The main reason that it won't happen for 9.1 is that
> right now we require superuser privilege to install an extension, which
> would be a regression compared to the privilege requirements for
> installing standard PLs in existing releases. And relaxing that
> requirement is a research project :-(
Okay. I guess the to do list should be updated?
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo
Best,
David
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