Re: Removing pg_pltemplate and creating "trustable" extensions

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 2:40 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Well, the other direction we could go here, which I guess is what
> you are arguing for, is to forget the new default role and just
> say that marking an extension trusted allows it to be installed by
> DB owners, full stop.  That's nice and simple and creates no
> backwards-compatibility issues.  If we later decide that we want
> a default role, or any other rules about who-can-install, we might
> feel like this was a mistake --- but the backwards-compatibility issues
> we'd incur by changing it later are exactly the same as what we'd have
> today if we do something different from this.  The only difference
> is that there'd be more extensions affected later (assuming we mark
> more things trusted).

I agree with your analysis, but I'm still inclined to feel that the
new pre-defined roll is a win.

Generally, decoupled permissions are better. Being able to grant
someone either A or B or both or neither is usually superior to having
to grant either both permissions or neither.

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