Re: Quick Extensions Question - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: Quick Extensions Question
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Msg-id 55071CFF-F6DD-4CAC-9E68-9259765D2D04@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: Quick Extensions Question  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:00 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
>> If my extension requires a procedural language, will adding that language to the `requires` control key do what I
thinkit should do? 
>
> No.
>
> Probably in future the standard PLs will be packaged as extensions, and
> then it will work.  The main reason that it won't happen for 9.1 is that
> right now we require superuser privilege to install an extension, which
> would be a regression compared to the privilege requirements for
> installing standard PLs in existing releases.  And relaxing that
> requirement is a research project :-(

Okay. I guess the to do list should be updated?
 http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo

Best,

David



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