Re: Package namespace and Safe init cleanup for plperl [PATCH]

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tim Bunce <Tim(dot)Bunce(at)pobox(dot)com>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Package namespace and Safe init cleanup for plperl [PATCH]
Date: 2010-02-14 00:25:48
Message-ID: 10348.1266107148@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> I'm not sure that Tim's interface is the best approach to giving DBAs
> the ability to do this from within PostgreSQL, but I'm hard-pressed to
> come up with a better interface. But I do think it should be allowed.

I think the fact that security worries have been raised is enough reason
to go slow on this. Let's plan to think about it some more, and put it
into 9.1 if no real problems emerge.

regards, tom lane

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