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The Monday 2007-05-14 at 12:20 +0100, Benji Weber wrote: > > Neither found more, in each case the top 20 results only were shown. > The results in the main repository were being ranked higher because > they had more search term matches in the package name, the summary, > and the files contained in the package. Hence the "openoffice" package > from the build service repository was being dropped off the bottom. Ah, I see. The search finds many, but only the top found are shown. > btw there are over 300 packages matching openoffice either in the > name, filelists, or summary. > > I have adjusted the ranking so this case will work better > > http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/index.jsp?searchTerm=openoffice > > will now show results from all 3 repositories. Yes, I just tried. > Also things like > > http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/webpin/index.jsp?searchTerm=nx > > will work better > > Adding result paging would be possible, but I don't know of anyone who > actually bothers to look at multiple pages of results so it's probably > better to improve the ranking system where you spot problems like > this. A toggle to show all results? Or to show top 20, top 50, top 120, say? > In the future with the software portal project we'll have a better > metric - user rating to apply to search results. It is indeed a very usefull tool. I have been following the mesages about it for some time, but never actually tried till today. I hope to see it growing ;-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFGSFqNtTMYHG2NR9URAmePAJ9kQ2wWIwv8Gn3IDTMIz1W8eZePwQCeOibD XEFCsLbODcbWv0iVH4bJSdc= =li29 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
