Deprecate XML output

[iainbrighton]

The current XML output is fairly sparse and isn't implemented particularly well. I have never heard of anyone using the functionality and think it should be deprecated and removed in a future release. Does anyone use this or have any additional thoughts?

[atkinsroy]

Hi Iain,
I was thinking of using XML for comparison. I'd like to re-document an environment and then compare it with the initial build to see what changed. Its seems XML produces the best results for this.

I say this because I've noticed that the text format produces some undesirable characters. With PowerShell, I see formatting characters, particularly on lists, but also on heading rows. With Windows PowerShell, I don't see these characters.