Re: We need a Search Engine! Was: We need a FAQ.

On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:35:20PM -0600, montefin wrote: [snip] > When every other site worth a damn has a basic, simple, > clear-up-the-obvious, Search Engine, http://www.debian.org/search > complains it has not found a Search Engine worthy of itself. [snip] > Put an even so-so Search Engine at h

Re: We need a Search Engine! Was: We need a FAQ.

I'm sure they could, maybe they just don't know about it(if it weren't for sendmail.org i wouldnt know about it either) nate John Griffiths wrote: > > so debian.org coudn't build that string into a search form? > > At 08:47 PM 8/22/2000 -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: > >you can still search the mail

Re: We need a Search Engine! Was: We need a FAQ.

Nate, Perhaps I am being too user-oriented. montefin Nate Amsden wrote: > > you can still search the mail archives and packages, i never knew you > could search the www site in the first place :) never needed to. > > if you want to search, you can go to altavista and for a search string: > >

Re: We need a Search Engine! Was: We need a FAQ.

so debian.org coudn't build that string into a search form? At 08:47 PM 8/22/2000 -0700, Nate Amsden wrote: >you can still search the mail archives and packages, i never knew you >could search the www site in the first place :) never needed to. > >if you want to search, you can go to altavista and

Re: We need a Search Engine! Was: We need a FAQ.

you can still search the mail archives and packages, i never knew you could search the www site in the first place :) never needed to. if you want to search, you can go to altavista and for a search string: +host:www.debian.org search_string_here that will restrict searches to debian's website .