Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> How about?:
> 4. do 1+3, i.e. flip the GIN operators to keep core consistency, but
> deprecate the operators for both contrib and core. Something more
> visually like set ops would be ideal.
If we're going to adopt new preferred names, I see no reason to support
the old confusing names for operators that have never existed before
8.2. There is no backward-compatibility argument to be made there.
regards, tom lane