From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 23 4:41: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8121537B400 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 04:40:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif1-6-cust12.cdf.cable.ntl.com [80.3.230.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D0843E84 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 04:40:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17iCoA-0001Zm-00; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:40:54 +0100 Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:40:54 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Michael Lucas Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improved searching for FreeBSD.org web site Message-ID: <20020823114054.GB5736@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Michael Lucas , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020822220010.00ab2540@pop.atomz.com> <20020823073410.B39333@blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020823073410.B39333@blackhelicopters.org> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 07:34:10AM -0400, Michael Lucas wrote: > [[cc trimmed for some hint of "internal" doc discussion]] >=20 > >=20 > Guys, >=20 > What is the current consensus on our existing Web searching functions? The one we have now unquestionably sucks. Even when you know what you are looking for you can't find it. Their test version seems fantastic. > My gut reaction is that we should offer this sort of service as an > add-on to our existing search engine, and see how well it's accepted > or appreciated by the user base. Sounds like a good idea. Assuming that there are literally no licensing issues, I think we should look to take them up on it though - I can't see any reason why our users would prefer our search engine over their one. I also think we should take them up on the offer of the searchable mail archive. Ceri --=20 you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9Zh9GocfcwTS3JF8RAi+xAJ0Txpl1SRxA+Lf9YnsjjtfIynWGfgCfUkyU eALWSIlV+5BDx71R+8h8G6w= =UveS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message