| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Mike Fowler <mike(at)mlfowler(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Add XMLEXISTS function from the SQL/XML standard |
| Date: | 2010-05-25 18:09:01 |
| Message-ID: | 27298.1274810941@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Mike Fowler <mike(at)mlfowler(dot)com> wrote:
>>> We're unlikely to accept this patch if it changes the minimum version
>>> of libxml2 required to compile PostgreSQL
>>
>> Why? 2.6.27 is almost 4 years old.
> Because we work hard to minimize our dependencies and make them as
> non-onerous as possible.
> At a minimum, I think it's fair to say that the burden is on you to
> justify what it's worth bumping the version number.
Yes. Increasing the minimum required version of some library is a Big
Deal, we don't do it on a whim. And we definitely don't do it just
because it's old.
regards, tom lane
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