On May 21, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On May 21, 2010, at 02:16, Michael_google gmail_Gersten wrote:
> 
>> "port search svn" turns up 22 ports, but does not turn up "subversion".
> 
> http://trac.macports.org/ticket/23159

23159 solves the problem of "svn" not being a usable search keyword by adding 
that keyword to the "description" so that port search will find them; done in 
ticket http://trac.macports.org/changeset/67900

Why not opt for a keywords field in the portfile, optional of course.  You have 
the short and long desc still work the same, so none of that changes, but there 
is now a keyword based search.

These keywords could also have advised sections, like category, type, etc.  
Down the road, this could help better position port pages in google, and beat 
out that other guy.

port search "graphics, photoshop, image edit, imaging" 

as as example, those would be OR and any hit would bring it up.  Debate over 
each keyword being contains of exact match is up to you guys.  I think exact 
match is best.

This avoids keyword stuffing the long or short description to give visibility 
as software picks up nicknames especially acronyms.

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