Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add pg_audit, an auditing extension

On 11/21/15 2:47 PM, Noah Misch wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 12:11:00PM -0500, David Steele wrote:
>> I fixed many of the issues that caused complaints at the end of the 9.5
>> cycle, but there are still two remaining items I would want to address
>> before resubmitting:
>>
>> 1) There was concern about audit messages being sent to the clients.
>> I'm looking at adding an option to the ereport macro to suppress sending
>> messages to the clients.  I'll submit that patch soon.
>
> I don't object to audit messages being client-visible; did anyone feel that
> was a blocker?  I did make a related point, namely, the documentation must not
> assert that you can hide messages from clients if you in fact cannot.

I don't think anyone felt it was a blocker but it seemed nobody thought
it was ideal, either.  I certainly don't.

The error in the documentation was unfortunate but that's what the
review process is all about.  I'm appreciative of everyone who had a
look at the patch.

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-David
david@pgmasters.net