Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: >> No, I'm pondering having pg_default_acl initialized so that newly >> created types have explicit USAGE privileges in their typacl column, so >> acldefault() wouldn't be needed. (And builtin types would have their >> typacl initialized analogously.) I suppose this is how we might have >> done it if we had invented ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES first.
> I'm not convinced. That's a lot of catalog clutter for no benefit. To actually get rid of acldefault, we'd have to do that not only for types but for all objects with ACLs. That's a LOT of catalog bulk, and like Robert I'm not seeing much benefit. It's not unreasonable to want the typical case to be small and fast. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers