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From: Magnus Hagander <[email protected]>
To: Robert Haas <[email protected]>
Cc: Ian Lawrence Barwick <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-docs <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Contrib module "xml2" status
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:56:15 +0100
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Robert Haas <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick
> <[email protected]> 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.

-- 
 Magnus Hagander
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