Re: [PATCHES] Explain XML patch v2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Raney <raneyt(at)cecs(dot)pdx(dot)edu>, daveg <daveg(at)sonic(dot)net>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Explain XML patch v2
Date: 2008-07-04 16:01:12
Message-ID: 23468.1215187272@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Am Freitag, 4. Juli 2008 schrieb Tom Raney:
>> Regarding the XML datum, in order to support that, will all users need
>> to compile with libxml? Are there any lighter weight solutions to
>> serialize other than libxml?

> You can create XML without libxml.

Seems to me that anyone who wants this feature will probably also want
the existing libxml-based features, so they'll be building with libxml
anyway. So I'd not be in favor of expending any extra code on a
roll-your-own solution.

regards, tom lane

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