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37023	Make XML serializer put each ManyToManyField object on its own line	Tim Graham	Tim Graham	"The XML serializer serializes many-to-many relations on a single line:

`<field name=""categories"" rel=""ManyToManyRel"" to=""serializers.category""><object pk=""1""></object><object pk=""2""></object></field>`

which isn't very readable. I suggest this format instead:

{{{
<field name=""categories"" rel=""ManyToManyRel"" to=""serializers.category"">
  <object pk=""1""></object>
  <object pk=""2""></object>
</field>
}}}

Although not strictly required for this ticket, the first commit in my PR will remove fixed values in the XML serializer's `indent()` calls (e.g. `self.indent(1)`) which are unfriendly to ""nested fields"" like Django MongoDB Backend's EmbeddedModelField which I'd like to serialize like this:
{{{
<django-objects version=""1.0"">
  <object model=""serialization_.book"">
    <field name=""name"" type=""CharField"">Hamlet</field>
    <field name=""author"" type=""EmbeddedModelField"">
      <object model=""serialization_.author"">
        <field name=""id"" type=""ObjectIdAutoField""><None></None></field>
        <field name=""name"" type=""CharField"">Shakespeare</field>
        <field name=""age"" type=""IntegerField"">55</field>
        <field name=""address"" type=""EmbeddedModelField"">
          <object model=""serialization_.address"">
            <field name=""id"" type=""ObjectIdAutoField""><None></None></field>
            <field name=""city"" type=""CharField"">NYC</field>
            <field name=""state"" type=""CharField"">NY</field>
            <field name=""zip_code"" type=""IntegerField""><None></None></field>
          </object>
        </field>
      </object>
     </field>
  </object>
</django-objects>
}}}"	Cleanup/optimization	assigned	Core (Serialization)	dev	Normal				Unreviewed	1	0	0	0	0	0
