According to David: > I installed 3.2.0b4 and could search, but couldn't get results to rank > according to their weight. > > Eventually, I gave up and installed 3.1.6, which now works perfectly > without changing anything in the standard config file, and using exactly > the same website. > > 3.2.0b4 was getting all of the results, so the data base seemed ok. They > just came out in random order which config changes didn't seem to affect. > > Any thoughts?
Well, 3.1.6 is certainly much more stable at this point than the 3.2 betas, so unless you need the new features in 3.2, I'd say stick with what works. However, it is a bit disturbing that you're seeing this seemingly random scoring in 3.2.0b4. There's been almost nothing that's changed to the scoring code since 3.2.0b3, so I would assume that the problem emerged before then. The odd thing is that most of the scoring changes in 3.2 were to resolve problems with the scoring in the 3.1.x series. Many beta testers have been quite pleased with the new scoring code, so it's puzzling to see a few reports that it's not working well at all. There is an as-yet unresolved bug report, which I don't think either Geoff or I have been able to reproduce, about incorrect flags in the word database: * META descriptions are somehow added to the database as FLAG_TITLE, not FLAG_DESCRIPTION. (PR#859) It sounds like you may be experiencing a similar problem, which is why the text_factor seems to have no effect on text words. You might want to try an "htdump" in 3.2.0b4 and have a look at the flag field (3rd field) in db.worddump for words that are giving you problems, and see how they compare to the flag values in htcommon/HtWordReference.h. If there's a discrepancy, please let us know. Also, what platform are you running htdig on? (hardware, OS, distribution, ...) -- 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
