From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Joseph Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: create database with template doesn't copy database ACL
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:10:32 -0400
Message-ID: <20200615141032.GC12121@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1095907.1592194495@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:14:55AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Well, I thought we copied everything except things tha can be specified
> > as different in CREATE DATABASE, though I can see why we would not copy
> > them. Should we document this or issue a notice about not copying
> > non-default database attributes?
>
> We do not need a notice for behavior that (a) has stood for twenty years
> or so, and (b) is considerably less broken than any alternative would be.
> If you feel the docs need improvement, have at that.
Well, I realize it has been this way for a long time, and that no one
else has complained, but there should be a way for people to know what
is being copied from the template and what is not. Do we have a clear
description of what is copied and skipped?
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com
The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
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