Re: Remove old RULE privilege completely

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Remove old RULE privilege completely
Date: 2024-09-09 16:02:10
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On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 10:37 AM Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com> wrote:
> In v8.2, the RULE privilege for tables was removed, but for backward compatibility,
> GRANT/REVOKE RULE, has_table_privilege(..., 'RULE') etc are still accepted,
> though they don't perform any actions.
>
> Do we still need to maintain this backward compatibility?
> Could we consider removing the RULE privilege entirely?

8.2 is a long time ago. If it's really been dead since then, I think
we should remove it.

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Robert Haas
EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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