| From: | Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)justatheory(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, walther(at)technowledgy(dot)de, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: Additional Directory for Extensions |
| Date: | 2024-06-24 16:11:42 |
| Message-ID: | ZnmavuKNNJLDRq7I@nathan |
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 01:52:26PM -0400, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> I realize this probably isn´t going to happen for 17, given the freeze,
> but I would very much welcome feedback and pointers to address concerns
> about providing a second directory for extensions and DSOs. Quite a few
> people have talked about the need for this in the Extension Mini
> Summits[1], so I´m sure I could get some collaborators to make
> improvements or look at a different approach.
At first glance, the general idea seems reasonable to me. I'm wondering
whether there is a requirement for this directory to be prepended or if it
could be appended to the end. That way, the existing ones would take
priority, which might be desirable from a security standpoint.
--
nathan
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