Re: First draft of the PG 15 release notes

On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 02:47:07PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 11:31:32PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:39:57PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > I had trouble reading the sentences in the order you used so I
> > > restructured it:
> > >
> > > The new default is one of the secure schema usage patterns that <xref
> > > linkend="ddl-schemas-patterns"/> has recommended since the security
> > > release for CVE-2018-1058. The change applies to newly-created
> > > databases in existing clusters and for new clusters. Upgrading a
> > > cluster or restoring a database dump will preserve existing permissions.
> >
> > I agree with the sentence order change.
>
> Great.
>
> > > For existing databases, especially those having multiple users, consider
> > > issuing <literal>REVOKE</literal> to adopt this new default. For new
> > > databases having zero need to defend against insider threats, granting
> > > <literal>USAGE</literal> permission on their <literal>public</literal>
> > > schemas will yield the behavior of prior releases.
> >
> > s/USAGE/CREATE/ in the last sentence. Looks good with that change.
>
> Ah, yes, of course.

Patch applied, I also adjusted the second paragraph to be more
symmetric. You can see the results here:

https://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-15.html

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