Hi Enrico,
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 09:04:07PM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 05:34:22PM +0100, andr...@an3as.eu wrote:
>
> > ~$ axi-cache search tuxracer
> > 3 results found.
> > Results 1-3:
> > 100% extremetuxracer-data - data files for the game Extreme Tux Racer
> > 96% extremetuxracer-dbg - 3D racing game featuring Tux, the Linux penguin
> > (debugging symbols)
> > 94% extremetuxracer - 3D racing game featuring Tux, the Linux penguin
> [...]
> > ~$ LANG=en apt-cache search tuxracer | grep -i -v dummy
> > extremetuxracer-data - data files for the game Extreme Tux Racer
> > extremetuxracer-extras - Additional courses for Extreme Tux Racer
> >
> > I get two relevant hits more than with axi-cache. My doubt is that one
> > reason why axi-cache is missing the target package that the spelling in
> > the description is different - however, my demo introduction on the
> > Debian booth at LinuxTage Chemnitz for my fellow DDs (who was not
> > aware about axi-cache :-() somehow failed.
> >
> > Any idea how to fix this?
>
> Thanks for the report, that is an interesting problem. I'm sorry it
> betrayed you in the demo. Software always tries to betray you in a demo,
> doesn't it? :)
Sure. :-)
> a-x-i indexes words (with stemming) and doesn't do substring searches
> (but does partially typed words). On the upside it allows you to find
> "C" compilers and "R" plugins, on the downside it won't find
> "extremetuxracer" if you look for "tuxracer".
>
> There are several ways I can think to address this. One is #602179,
> which wouldn't help here. Another is to improve descriptions: if
> 'tuxracer' is a common term used to refer to the package, it makes sense
> that the description mentions it. This could probably be the right thing
> for extremetuxracer.
I have Tolimar in CC (which is also the reason for the extensive quotes)
> When all else fails, I've taken a note to discuss at debconf a way for
> packages to provide some extra keywords that a-x-i could index: for
> example, libreoffice could want to have "excel" as a keyword without
> showing it in its description.
I'd regard this as a quite reasonable solution.
> I have no idea how to deal with this but in the short term, though. I
> could leave it open to track efforts to improve quality of indexing.
> I reckon there is no perfect solution but only an infinite series of
> attempts, so it's going to be unclear when to close it :)
I agree that it is hard to find a point when to close this bug. It
could be closed once tuxracer is found but for sure this is just an
example for a general thing with several components. At least I can
asure you that I will not play an open-close ping-pong with it because
I'm quite sure you will handle it to the best of your forces after
having realised this problem.
Kind regards
Andreas.
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