Re: Mention of PG 14 in docs

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Date: 2021-05-04T00:20:46Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
On Mon, May  3, 2021 at 08:10:24PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Mon, May  3, 2021 at 07:49:14PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > In patch "Handle equality operator in contrib/pg_trgm" (935f66665), I
> > see this text:
> > 
> > -->	<literal>~</literal> and <literal>~*</literal> queries.  Beginning in
> > -->	<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 14, these indexes also support
> > 	equality operator (simple comparison operators are not supported).
> > 	Note that those indexes may not be as efficient as regular B-tree indexes
> > 	for equality operator.
> > 
> > As far as I know, we don't usually mention what version _added_ a
> > feature like this.  I suggest the PG 14 mention be removed.
> 
> Also, what does "simple comparison operators are not supported" mean?

Please ignore this second question since is has been fixed by:

	Author: Alexander Korotkov <akorotkov@postgresql.org>
	2020-11-16 [7adb8feb0] Reword 'simple comparison' => 'inequality' in pgtrgm.sgm
	
	Reword 'simple comparison' => 'inequality' in pgtrgm.sgml
	
	Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMkU%3D1zxfA8_MGBW6sJMj54p8nPoe4bMb5LoG-rMYZVPq4j08Q%40mail.gmail.com
	Author: Jeff Janes

The first question about PG 14 is still valid.

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Commits

  1. Remove mention of the version number from pg_trgm docs