According to Joe R. Jah: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Gilles Detillieux wrote: > > Back in July we discussed possible ways of configuring this, but none > > of that ever made it into 3.1.6. It occurred to me that we could have a > > "location_factor" which would default to 1000, and words would be ranked > > from that factor at the start of the document, down to 1 at the end, > > multiplied by the appropriate scoring factor for the type of word in > > question. To make location irrelevant, you'd just set location_factor to > > 1 and all word scores would be multiplied by 1 regardless of location, > > so only the other scoring factors would have any effect. I think this > > would be more intuitive and manageable than the last_word_factor we > > discussed back in July, which wouldn't change the builtin factor of 1000 > > for first words. Maybe you can nag me about this if/when Geoff and I > > commit to a 3.1.7 release. ^^ > > What do you mean if? Back on February 7 you wrote: > -----------------------------------8<----------------------------------- > I think the wise course of action at this point would be to wait a month > or so until the bug reports slow to a trickle, then put together a 3.1.7 > release that will be strictly simple, well tested bug fixes and no new > features. > -----------------------------------8<----------------------------------- > > I think the wise course of action at THIS point is not to wait any longer > than necessary to put together a 3.1.7 release. Other commitments and > business may take over your time, leaving htdig in limbo indefinitely;(
So what are you suggesting, Joe? That I shouldn't give priority to "other commitments and business" (i.e. the work I'm actually paid to do) over the time I spend free of charge on maintaining htdig? That's not your call to make. It's also not my call how Geoff spends his time. The fact is, putting together a 3.1.7 release would take a lot of my time and Geoff's. I'm not going to commit to it unless Geoff is also willing, so it is still an "if". The recommendation I made in early February still stands. I still think it's a wise course of action. That doesn't mean I've committed my time or Geoff's to it, and it doesn't mean I have a firm schedule in mind. In fact, it's still a month *or so* since I wrote that, and bug reports are still coming in. (We just nailed one down last Friday, if you recall.) There are still coding decisions to be made, like how to handle use_doc_date effectively, rather than the kludge we have now. I'm not about to rush out another half-baked release, only to have to fix it up in a later 3.1.8 release. The 3.1.7 code is very solid, and only the new features have some problems with them. Nothing that can't be worked around by anyone who's determined enough. There's no big emergency here. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930 _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
