Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neMaJ-0005IR-Nr for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:53:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neMaI-0001cY-AQ for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:53:54 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neMaI-0001cO-3F for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:53:54 +0000 Received: from mail-ed1-x530.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::530]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1neMaE-0008UU-Ry for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:53:52 +0000 Received: by mail-ed1-x530.google.com with SMTP id u18so12969022eda.3 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:53:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bowt-ie.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=znm6eFkEjk7723m2NVoohUGQdbpB3RsFSgzy9xjw8Og=; b=OJgMxdyF4NVGSIzkZ+oCeByND7DstkcaFIGVQBSgiyL+kzDbSf1F3g/MrbSTNw3NaG D7CN5mbLd+/RJRSpjJ90EaGmRy3K502V9PFCegemVlCwR+jGEWGtBuXV10d+TIVV2VgS C9Y1HShBTIIrOH1S0D0QWbr+l2yHdUzEXkDw7x4rU1qTJzhZZ7LLI9G+zJkCbMeL3EbX Hfm5hZEmCrwx4PxpXMSPWapqZD7wQm0FNz3ZN4eaGYf/IlxgBmWoryi1OawtYyfJfJWB q3dkPRpxButMsxhU7lMOHWYSDSMq4mytkyEl0MJ0pFrqqwjELWQR2tTzq+84Nk6kiqcI 0XrA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=znm6eFkEjk7723m2NVoohUGQdbpB3RsFSgzy9xjw8Og=; b=nd2zKymLchLs4s3CpvxHU+OnrZqO+gQ8VWrkHFF7dZ1IoxyZaRabIDglLWsYqaQoWI yP99Gl/MjZFVa1wCySr9f+76eLXqHWaZLx3UrtF1wSYS+d/IzIGV9tDtkSerAcC4MTrT QumbbMpfxoYFiMWwKhsVoA/rCQMIN80uqpC0XhgLAmEz0GTs6L3onqS4XDb6p4INlwRE +dzIWLNymJRRDvnN4dv+5PqJzH3ql16SG1ER5d+nZlvB8ENYQQcN1VSTQcGl6UHB69Zo /GlMvDWxr939fE9CqDrHad/25gmQRbgEwkXhWODIH4v+x0pBSSi4T5bLdLsYmjwL6Dna h6pQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531nBn7StgE67pTOG9NkuHJNT3z893X4RZNWh99Ltm8r2+pZ3gRU MzZ+HBsYekEuDkMWerfpMcZNWnzJ2ARYVPUUTk9O/Q== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx2tcK7g00TDCHH4Wov5KmUj53qchmGJWJQ+0tnoo1uRikATNLB7mhHePNVly0Kx+kvbPn146r2m2+56PM4vgg= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:14b:b0:418:d06e:5d38 with SMTP id s11-20020a056402014b00b00418d06e5d38mr39316486edu.90.1649793228835; Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:53:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <164978902252.1276550.9330175733459697101@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <911427.1649792973@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <911427.1649792973@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Peter Geoghegan Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:53:23 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose To: Tom Lane Cc: piotrowski@prisma.io, Pg Docs , "Jonathan S. Katz" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:49 PM Tom Lane 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? -- Peter Geoghegan