Re: XML syntax patch

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Subject: Re: XML syntax patch
Date: 2006-09-06 15:41:49
Message-ID: 200609061541.k86Ffn613139@momjian.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 6. September 2006 17:28 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> > Uh, when? You had Nikolay review David's patch to see if it could be
> > made consistent enough so it could go into 8.2 and not conflict with the
> > additions in 8.3.
>
> The only thing we could justify under the feature freeze regime is to add the
> XML syntax into 8.2, operating on text data. That will change when the xml
> type goes into 8.3. So we'd be adding a feature right now with the
> announcement that the feature will break incompatibly in the next release.
> That doesn't seem very useful to me.

Right, that is exactly what I remember, but you had Nikolay look at the
patch in case he could make it not break incompatibly in 8.3. Anyway,
patch shelved for 8.3. I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss an
email from you.

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