On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 11:57 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 19:23 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> [ blanches... ] Can you say "security hole"?
>
> > Static on the line, sorry.
> > I'm hearing "useful superuser-only capability". ;-)
>
> It would be far *more* useful if it didn't have to be superuser-only.
> And since the actual details of the snapshot content are really of
> zero interest to the user, I think making it pass through his hands
> is simply misdesign.
No, its deliberate, because I want this to work on prior releases. I
didn't clearly explain that, sorry.
For 8.4+ I will design the internal route for this feature.
-- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com