Re: [HACKERS] xml2 contrib patch supporting default XML namespaces

Dave Page wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> I was hoping that we're deprecating contrib/xml2, so I wouldn't add more
> >> features to it.
> >
> > Author states:
> >
> >> I understand that XML support is planned and at least partially
> >> implemented for 8.3, but many production instances will be unable (or,
> >> in fact, unwilling) to upgrade to 8.3 for quite some time.  Because
> >> this patch is completely backward compatible it can (theoretically) be
> >> included in future 8.1 and 8.2 releases, and for those of us that need
> >> more full XML support in the short term the upgrade of a contrib
> >> module is probably a very viable option -- it is for me, anyway.
> >
>
> But we don't add new features to stable branches, even if they're
> backward compatible.

I was quoting the text only to state the author realizes /contrib/xml2
is depricated in 8.3.  This is not going into 8.2.X, only 8.3.

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