Re: contrib/xml2 and PG_MODULE_MAGIC

Tom Lane wrote:
> Even more interesting would be to fix things so that xml2 gets built
> as part of the regular contrib build, but I'm not sure if we're ready
> to add stuff to the configure script for the sole benefit of a
> contrib module.

It might be good to get the configury code out in this release for 
advance testing.

> I'd be more willing to do it if there were a 
> long-term plan for putting libxml-dependent code into the core.  Do
> we have a roadmap yet for XML development?  I thought there was a
> session at the anniversary conference devoted to sketching one, but
> if anything came out of that I missed it.

I put a write-up here: 
http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php/XML_Support

-- 
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/