On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 at 14:58, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
> Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> writes:
> > I've attached a patch that removes some now redundant messaging about
> > unsupported versions.
>
> If we want to make that a policy, I think a lot more could be done
> --- I remember noticing a documentation comment about some 8.x
> version just recently.
>
> However, "out of support" is a lot different from "nobody has any
> code written for that version anymore". So I'd be inclined to keep
> the first hunk in your patch, the one explaining the regexp_matches-
> in-a-subselect trick. People will be trying to puzzle out why
> somebody did it like that for years to come.
>
> I agree with simplifying the other two spots.
Fair enough. I've updated the patch. However, feel free to ignore if
this marks the thin edge of the wedge.
Thom
