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

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