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Help improve our search results!

Ubuntu Software Center uses Xapian to power its speedy and powerful search. But making full-text search work well is still a black art. You can help ensure we’re improving, by compiling here a table of searches, and comparing how well they work in Ubuntu Software Center 1.0.2 (the version in Ubuntu 9.10) vs. versions in Lucid.

(First step: Turn this into a proper wiki table.)

Search string     Desired #1 result            1.0.2   r476    r477-xapian  r479    r479-xapian
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bzr-gtk           bzr-gtk
dive into python  diveintopython               absent  1       absent       2       2
firebug           Firebug extension for Fi...  1       1       1            1       1
flash             Adobe Flash Plugin 10        26      28      2            28      4
genealogy         Gramps Genealogy System      1       1       1            1       1
gnome-session     gnome-session
linux-image       linux-image                  absent  4       1            1,5     1,2
mythtv            MythTV Frontend              4       4       4            4       3
openoffice        OpenOffice.org Office Suite  12      12      absent       12      2
pinball           Emilia Pinball               2       1       1            4       1
real-time kernel  linux-image-rt               absent  absent  absent       absent  absent
realtime kernel   linux-image-rt               absent  absent  absent       absent  absent
the               The Hessling Editor          absent  absent  1            1       1
thunderbird       Mozilla Thunderbird          1       1       4            1       4

If the most appropriate result doesn't show up at all, it might be the fault of the Ubuntu Software Center, or it might be the fault of the package description. If it’s the latter, report a bug on the package and add the “metadata” tag.

SoftwareCenter/SearchTesting (last edited 2010-08-20 18:06:21 by 41)