Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9iV1-0008Be-B3 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:48:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9iV0-0001jP-Oa for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:48:42 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9iUz-0001jK-FV for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:48:41 +0000 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9iUw-0003qw-Qf for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:48:41 +0000 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.35]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MYqSb-1UMWVn2L0l-00VkZ4 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:46:40 +0100 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 24 Feb 2013 20:46:40 -0000 Received: from pool-108-52-108-60.phlapa.fios.verizon.net (EHLO [192.168.1.5]) [108.52.108.60] by mail.gmx.net (mp035) with SMTP; 24 Feb 2013 21:46:40 +0100 X-Authenticated: #495269 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+xdN1gzzWx4A+ZvzebJUeP+cLlPI20doqfOnhge0 rLTFszZ9J98gUo Message-ID: <1361738797.819.2.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> Subject: Re: [DOCS] Contrib module "xml2" status From: Peter Eisentraut To: Ian Lawrence Barwick Cc: Andrew Dunstan , Magnus Hagander , Robert Haas , pgsql-docs , pgsql-hackers Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:46:37 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: <51266223.803@dunslane.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org On Fri, 2013-02-22 at 08:25 +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote: > 2013/2/22 Andrew Dunstan : > > > > On 02/21/2013 12:56 PM, Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Robert Haas > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick > >>> 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. done -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers