Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules)
Kouhei Kaigai <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
From: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-01-26T05:14:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas wrote: > I would, however, like to see us make a commitment to actually review > SE-PostgreSQL. There was some talk that we might not want to include > this feature in core at all, and if that is the case then I think it > is long past time to make that decision. Assuming that isn't the > case, then we need to get past the stage where we make occasional > comments on the overall architecture and get down to really reading > the code. I am willing to help with this but I don't have either the > time or the qualifications to do it single-handedly. To be brutally > honest, I don't care about the feature at all: the only thing I ever > do with SELinux is turn it off (row-level DAC is mildly interesting to > me). But I think that if we want to build a community of developers > around PostgreSQL, we'd better at least look at the work they submit. I would like to call for SELinux folks to join reviewing SE-PostgreSQL from the point of view of security expert. If folks in pgsql-hackers have questions, I belive they can provide an answer to the questions. Thanks, -- OSS Platform Development Division, NEC KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>