On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 01:51:50PM -0400, James A. Treacy wrote: > I've added debian-www to the reply since this is where most > discussions of this nature take place. > > On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 09:56:34AM -0700, Jake Sheridan wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I've been waiting to use the search engine at debian.org for a long > > long time.....is it possible to speed up the process somehow.....thanx > > > > Jake > > > > P.S. I think you have a great site though....just missing the crucial > > element of a search engine....!!! > > > The problem is that none of the search programs we've checked to date have > all the features we are looking for: > > - Free (as in DFSG) > - Able to handle large data sets (> 1 GB) > - Able to keep separate indexes and merge them (so we don't have to reindex > previous months mail archives, but can simply merge those with the current > month). Merging indexes should be fairly efficient (in most cases where > merging is implemented, it is not). > - Able to search on specific parts of the data. For example, searching on > subject or sender in mail. I don't care how this is implemented (through > separate indices or through use of regex, e.g. /^Subject: .*How to get > rich/) > as long as it is possible. > - Able to index files locally, i.e. without going through a web server. > - Able to search using regex (optional). Next down would be searching for > simple phrases. At a minimum, the ability to match arbitrary word endings > (the equivalent of /^keyword\w*/). > > Here is what I've looked at so far: > htdig - can't index locally, too slow
Hello! I might be wrong, but I had used htdig a few months ago and i can remember it _had_ some options for digging locally (i.e. no web server). And as for speed, it is not on your list :-> Marcin -- -------------------------------- Marcin Owsiany [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------
