It will still need those. The impovements are mostly unseen. Though it is a bit faster and more accurate it uses significantly less memory. That will allow bigger boards to finally have a functioning search without memory errors. There are also changes to the search portion control panel that will allow an admin to tailor searches but of course you can't see them from here.
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