Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote: > On 3/27/07, Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Where are we on this? Peter thought the consistency makes sense, but if > > we can provide functionality that doesn't require libxml, why not > > do it? > > > I'm still for --enable-xml and putting _everything_ XML-related under this > option. My main points are: > - we cannot guarantee that existing libxml2-free functions will not require > them in the future (because libxml2 contains useful routines); > - libxml2-free functions (e.g. Peter's XML mapping functions, > http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/functions-xml.html#FUNCTIONS-XML-MAPPING) > produce XML values, but we cannot use XPath function for them unless we have > libxml2; > - people will make errors, trying to understand what needs libxml2, and > what doesn't -- approach "all or nothing" is simple and straightforward; > > > Well, it seems that I have no more arguments :-) If there is no objections, > I'll send the patch tonight. > If I am wrong and it's better to leave libxml2-free capabilities, then IMHO > we need to reflect it explicitly in the docs, what requires libxml2, and > what doesn't
Agreed, let's do the later and update the documentation. Also, do we output a helpful message if someone tries to use a libxml2 function that isn't available. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
