Mike Gerdts wrote:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Brock Pytlik<[email protected]> wrote:
David Powell wrote:
Brock Pytlik wrote:
I didn't look specifically at SQLite3, at least not that I remember.
Revamping search, as I understand it, is low on our priorities, meaning I'm
not going to be making any major changes before the next release (and quite
possibly after the next release, we've still got a lot of features
required). Our impression is that local search is a rare operation since
usually, an end user is searching for software they don't already have.
I find that assessment a little strange, since ultimately people
aren't using computers to install software, they are using computers
to use software. Once the software they need is installed searches
will primarily be local searches. To state it differently, remote
searches represent a fixed cost, whereas local searches represent an
ongoing cost.
I agree remote searches are very important -- possibly more important
than local searches -- but that doesn't mean local searches are rare
or negligible.
Dave
Help me understand the use case for frequent local search that I'm not
seeing... Once the software is installed on your machine, why are you
searching for it? I can see doing this once in a great while because the
binary didn't get delivered into a directory that's in your path, and so you
have to figure out where the silly thing actually got placed. Since I've
been running OpenSolaris, I think I've done that a handful of times. Other
than that, I can't think of use cases for most of our users.
The most common scenarios for me are:
- I'm looking to see if a header file or library exists on the system,
but tucked away somewhere other than where the compiler/linker is
looking for it.
- I just saw a report of a gaping hole in version x.y.z of the blurb
executable. I want to find out if it is installed and if so what
version.
Thanks, these two both makes sense to me. Search wouldn't be where I
would necessarily go to find the version of a program, but I'm glad that
works.
- I see a problem with an executable or library and want to see if
there are any patches to the package (updated package in the new
paradigm)
I assume here you're using search to go from library/executable ->
package to then allow you to check and see if updates are available?
Thanks,
Brock
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