Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Mike Fowler <mike@mlfowler.com> wrote:
>>> We're unlikely to accept this patch if it changes the minimum version
>>> of libxml2 required to compile PostgreSQL
>>
>> Why? 2.6.27 is almost 4 years old.
> Because we work hard to minimize our dependencies and make them as
> non-onerous as possible.
> At a minimum, I think it's fair to say that the burden is on you to
> justify what it's worth bumping the version number.
Yes. Increasing the minimum required version of some library is a Big
Deal, we don't do it on a whim. And we definitely don't do it just
because it's old.
regards, tom lane