Re: Quick Extensions Question

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Quick Extensions Question
Date: 2011-03-03 10:27:45
Message-ID: m27hcg1ota.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> 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 :-(

Meanwhile, is it possible to have CREATE LANGUAGE internally register an
extension? It's a kludge but I somehow though I'd mention it.

Regards,
--
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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