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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: First draft of the PG 15 release notes
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:44:13 -0400
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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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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        https://momjian.us
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