Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: piotrowski(at)prisma(dot)io, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose
Date: 2022-04-12 19:53:23
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzm-YYq2f1Hy7HoazKmC6co3YmYKArN1civ20PnCSVHpBA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:49 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I think we should take the index type names out of the section title
> entirely, and name it something generic like "Preferred Index Types for
> Full Text Search".

Agreed.

> After the recent changes discussed on the -www list, it's possible
> that Google will eventually stop indexing the 9.1 page altogether,
> but I'm not holding my breath.

There is always the extreme option of excluding older versions in
robots.txt. I bet that would work. Do you see any downside with that
solution, Jonathan?

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Peter Geoghegan

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