Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268)
Date
Msg-id 200812120525.mBC5PXX12648@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Updates of SE-PostgreSQL 8.4devel patches (r1268)  (KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@ak.jp.nec.com>)
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KaiGai Kohei wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > In general, I am concerned that the SE-Linux patch is not converging on
> > a community consensus in terms of user interface or implementation
> > details.  This suggests that the patch might not succeed in being
> > included in Postgres 8.4, which is a shame.
> 
> It is extreamly worst.

Yes, agreed.

> I have worked for this feature more than 2 years, and has waited for
> opening the merge window of v8.4, because it was just after the feature
> freeze of v8.3 when I first proposed SE-PostgreSQL on the list.
> (I was not good at development process in the community.)
> Yes, we got active discussion recent days which I waited for long term.
> I don't want to wait for any more!
> 
> > We are going to need to come up with specific answers to these issues
> > soon.
> 
> The origion of issue is simple.
> 
> Whether we should support to activate (not only compile) two or more security
> mechanism in same time, or not.
> In my opinion, it is not a frequent situation, and it gives us several big
> pains, but benefit is smaller than the pains.

Yes.  My concern is what other issues are going to come that we have not
thought of yet.

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