-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/21/07 09:49, Tom Lane wrote: > Is anybody still using the ability to set sql_inheritance to OFF? > I'm considering removing the parameter in PG 8.3, so that the current > default behavior (sql_inheritance = ON) would be the only behavior. > sql_inheritance was created in 7.1 to allow existing applications to > not be broken when we changed the default behavior, but I have not > heard of anyone using it recently. > [snip] > > So: would anyone cry if sql_inheritance disappeared in 8.3? > > If there are a lot of complaints, a possible compromise is to keep the > variable but make it SUSET, ie, only changeable by superusers. This > would still allow the setting to be turned off for use by legacy > applications (probably by means of ALTER USER) while removing the > objection that non-privileged users could break things. Shouldn't features be deprecated for a version before removal? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGAVKxS9HxQb37XmcRAmTbAKDfcRX1zP5NWqVjiiAb/p5KL8vdPACePdip HCIWBGMMbZVkUuO92h+fOos= =sVjt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
