Re: PostgreSQL Audit Extension

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Audit Extension
Date: 2016-02-19 16:59:53
Message-ID: 20160219165953.GE30338@momjian.us
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 08:20:31AM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2016-02-19 10:14:47 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > We have already hesitated to record DDL changes for
> > logical replication because of the code size, maintenance overhead, and
> > testing required.
>
> I'm not sure what you're referring to here? It'd be some relatively
> minor code surgery to also pass catalog changes to output plugins. It's
> just questionable what'd that bring to the table.

The complaint we got about recording DDL changes for logical replication
was the requirement to track every new DDL option we add. If that
overhead can be done for both logical replication and auditing, it is a
win.

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