On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 08:34 -0700, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > > FWIW, I recently finished porting all module code in KinoSearch to C. > If we write binding code and port the test suite, it will be usable > from Ruby. > > KinoSearch is sort of a sister project to Ferret. The dev branch > implements many of the ideas that Dave Balmain and I designed together > for the Lucy project.
Hi Marvin, In my experience the Ruby community is crying out for a "drop-in" replacement for Ferret. Sphinx is great, but different. Xapian looks good but doesn't have the Ruby maturity of Ferret yet (especially considering acts_as_ferret). I keep coming across people using Ferret successfully but have little niggles here and there. Is KinoSearch something that could be a Ferret replacement? Or the foundations of a Ferret replacement? What are the differences between it and Ferret? Out of interest, what are the differences between it and the planned Lucy project (would be good to hear more about what your plans were for Lucy. Maybe it'll inspire somebody else?) Do you happen to know if Dave is likely to work on Ferret again someday? I think we've seen some commits from him recentlyish but no word I've seen. Hope all is well. Thanks, John. -- http://johnleach.co.uk _______________________________________________ Ferret-talk mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ferret-talk
