2013/2/22 Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net>: > > On 02/21/2013 12:56 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick >>> <barw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if this is a documentation or hackers issue, but the >>>> documentation page for contrib module "xml2" refers to PostgreSQL 8.4 in >>>> the >>>> future tense: >>>> >>>> "It is planned that this module will be removed in PostgreSQL 8.4 in >>>> favor of the newer standard API" >>>> >>>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/xml2.html >>>> >>>> Are there any plans to remove this module by a forseeable date? >>> >>> Nope. I have repeatedly been voted down on removing it, and I've also >>> been repeatedly voted down on removing the deprecation text. Could we >>> at least agree on changing the deprecation text to say "This module is >>> deprecated and may be removed in a future release"? >> >> Not reopening the actual discussion about rmeoving it, but assuming >> we're not, strong +1 on changing the deprecation message. And don't >> forget to backpatch the change so it shows up in the old versions of >> the docs as well. >> > > > Yes, we should change it to remove the reference to 8.4.
Documentation patch attached. > 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 Regards Ian Barwick
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