Re: [DOCS] no more SGML empty tags - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [DOCS] no more SGML empty tags
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Msg-id 1736.1508425918@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to [DOCS] no more SGML empty tags  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [DOCS] no more SGML empty tags  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> In XML, empty tags such as </> are no longer allowed.  In preparation
> for converting the documentation to DocBook XML, I have committed a
> patch that expands all such empty tags.  There is also now a warning
> from onsgmls when empty tags are used.  (There is no -werror option,
> unfortunately.)

I just want to point out that this patch has more or less entirely
destroyed any hope of cleanly back-patching documentation changes.

Should we consider applying the same transformation to the back
branches?
        regards, tom lane


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