From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 23 9:50:34 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 AF3AC37B400 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:50:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA46543E81 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:50:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from marduk.blackend.org (marduk.blackend.org [192.168.1.202]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3/ - 15/04/02) with ESMTP id g7NGmAKm004693; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:48:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from marduk.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by marduk.blackend.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7NGnuha001716; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:49:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@localhost.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by marduk.blackend.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7NGnt89001715; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:49:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:49:55 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Eric Anderson Cc: Michael Lucas , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improved searching for FreeBSD.org web site Message-ID: <20020823184955.A1454@marduk.blackend.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020822220010.00ab2540@pop.atomz.com> <20020823073410.B39333@blackhelicopters.org> <3D663073.40604@centtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3D663073.40604@centtech.com>; from anderson@centtech.com on Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 07:54:11AM -0500 X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE 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 On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 07:54:11AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Actually, I guess I'm a little bitter by this. I spent a lot of time in the > recent past working on a search engine replacement for FreeBSD.org, and even > asked for comments and suggestions on this list (http://www.sprawler.com for > beta testing). I also repeatedly asked how I can get it in a "test mode" kind > of set up to see how well people enjoy it, with NO RESPONSES. I can understand your frustration. You got some responses on this list, but maybe people were waiting for new versions with more improvements. Continue your project, improve it, do a port with it etc... for the moment who knows your search engine, out from this list? If you transform it in a project usable by each person running a webserver, it will be a great contribution. If you just do it for the FreeBSD website, of course, you might be frustrated by future choices. > > Now, some corporate web searching company decides to throw this in "as a nice > gesture", and everyone wants to flock toward it. The results looked less > relevant to me on the few searches I tried, and I don't like the interface as > much (of course, I'm biased). > > Heck, I'm offering to babysit the thing and keep it up to date (more than can be > said about the currently pathetic search engine on the site), and this company > is looking for a free advertising angle. > Well I don't think they need free advertising from FreeBSD.org to live:) As I said before, do a port with your search engine solution, improve it, etc. And if your engine is chosen it will be great, and if it is not chosen it will be available for many people. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message