Grzegorz Jaskiewicz wrote: > > On 2009-01-24, at 15:33, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > The PostgreSQL community is considering including security > > enhancements > > in Postgres 8.4, e.g. row-level permissions and SE-Linux security. > > However, to evaluate the patch and its usefulness, we need security > > experts who want to use this capability or have used it in other > > databases. > > With that sort of features, usually what happens in other projects, is > that despite their evaluation during beta period - they are explicitly > marked and considered as 'beta', even when product reaches release > status. > Maybe PostgresSql should follow that tactic too. After all, security > stuff needs to be tested and exposed for sometime before considered > rock solid, and trustworthy. > Which of course doesn't mean, that it shouldn't start in beta's.
Once we include the code in an official release, it is much harder to make changes so I would like to get to 8.4 final at least _thinking_ it is ready, rather than trying to adjust it after the final release. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
