Re: Open 7.3 items

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-08-15T16:41:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > OK, no one complained/commented on my idea of having global users have a
> > > > trailing '@', so here is a patch that implements that.  It has the
> > > > advantages of:
> > >
> > > Probably because not everyone saw it.  I know I didn't.  This entire
> > > issue is growing more and more complex.  How about a configure item
> > > to not even compile it in?  Or better yet, a configure item to put
> > > it there with the default off.
> >
> > I think I am prety close, and I don't see a configure flag as any better
> > than a GUC option that is off by default.
> 
> But how many people would even use it?  I can't see adding the bloat
> unnecessarily and risking it accidently being turned on.  Am I wrong
> and really alot of people actually want/need this?

Well, the demand seems to be larger than I thought, considering the
number of people who have chimed in and want certain features, like
multiple global users.  I see this being using more by ISP's and
universities that need better user/db partitioning.

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