Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From KaiGai Kohei
Subject Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules)
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Msg-id 497D46AE.3030304@ak.jp.nec.com
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In response to Re: 8.4 release planning (was Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Automatic view update rules)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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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>


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