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Bug#443093: marked as done (p.d.o: Suggested restriction on package search)

Your message dated Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:32:37 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#443093: p.d.o: Suggested restriction on package search
has caused the Debian Bug report #443093,
regarding p.d.o: Suggested restriction on package search
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Package: www.debian.org
Severity: wishlist

I have been frustrated a few times when searching on package name because 
the "search was too wide". Currently the search will only display exact 
matches in that case.
For example, if I search on "mysql", I get nothing.

I would suggest adding one intermediate level: if the search is too wide, 
then try a search on packages _starting_ with the requested string.

IMO in a lot of cases this will sufficiently reduce the number of results to 
be able to display a relevant selection, because now packages like libs and 
wrappers that contain the search name will be filtered out.
I also think that it is a sufficiently natural restriction that it will not 
confuse users too much. Of course, a suitable warning will need to be 
displayed.

Cheers,
FJP

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On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 07:07:48PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> I have been frustrated a few times when searching on package name because 
> the "search was too wide". Currently the search will only display exact 
> matches in that case.
> For example, if I search on "mysql", I get nothing.
> 
> I would suggest adding one intermediate level: if the search is too wide, 
> then try a search on packages _starting_ with the requested string.
> 
> IMO in a lot of cases this will sufficiently reduce the number of results to 
> be able to display a relevant selection, because now packages like libs and 
> wrappers that contain the search name will be filtered out.
> I also think that it is a sufficiently natural restriction that it will not 
> confuse users too much. Of course, a suitable warning will need to be 
> displayed.

The search result should now be much more useful in this cases. Note
that there are currently some oddities due to the new code using the old
database. Will all be fixed after the next archive push.

Gruesse,
-- 
Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
www: http://www.djpig.de/

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