Re: [HACKERS] Contrib module "xml2" status

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Contrib module "xml2" status
Date: 2013-03-08 17:20:13
Message-ID: 20130308172013.GH25013@momjian.us
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 08:25:31AM +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> > The point is we can
> > remove the module when someone fixes and replaces the functionality that's
> > left in there that some people rely on. So far nobody has stepped up to the
> > plate, although now that we have lateral a sane replacement for xpath_table
> > might well be a lot easier to achieve. If someone is interested in working
> > on this I'd be happy to hear about it. Maybe it would be a good Google SOC
> > project.
>
> It might be worth adding an explicit entry in the TODO list for removing this
> and summarising what needs to be done.
>
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Todo#XML

I think this is already covered in this TODO item:

Restructure XML and /contrib/xml2 functionality

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-02/msg02314.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2011-03/msg00017.php

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