From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
Cc: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Kincaid <tomjohnkincaid(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Subject: | Re: Key management with tests |
Date: | 2021-01-18 15:51:55 |
Message-ID: | 20210118155155.GC18352@momjian.us |
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On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 10:58:47PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2021-01-17 11:54:57 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 5:38 AM Tom Kincaid <tomjohnkincaid(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > > Admittedly I am a novice on this topic, and the majority of the
> > > PostgreSQL source code, however I am hopeful enough (those of you who
> > > know me understand that I suffer from eternal optimism) that I am
> > > going to attempt to help.
> > >
> > > Is there a design document for a Postgres feature of this size and
> > > scope that people feel would serve as a good example? Alternatively,
> > > is there a design document template that has been successfully used in
> > > the past?
> > >
> >
> > We normally write the design considerations and choices we made with
> > the reasons in README and code comments. Personally, I am not sure if
> > there is a need for any specific document per-se but a README and
> > detailed comments in the code should suffice what people are worried
> > about here.
>
> Right. It could be a README file, or a long comment at a start of one of
> the files. It doesn't matter too much. What matters is that people that
> haven't been on those phone call can understand the design and the
> implications it has.
OK, so does the wiki page contain most of what you want, but is missing
the connection between the design and the code?
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transparent_Data_Encryption
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