Comments on: SVN update on Wikimedia sites, questions on branching http://leuksman.com/log/2008/11/14/svn-update-on-wikimedia-sites-questions-on-branching/ reticula, electronica, & oddities Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:34:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: brion http://leuksman.com/log/2008/11/14/svn-update-on-wikimedia-sites-questions-on-branching/comment-page-1/#comment-19776 brion Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:14:42 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/?p=345#comment-19776 Avi, also note that two of your complaints are incorrect, or refer to older versions of MediaWiki: "can't exclude terms from search results" -- use of "-" in front of a term to exclude it works fine for this. "No truncation or wildcards" -- use of "*" as suffix of term is available for wildcard searches. These both work in at least 1.12 and later. (Current stable release in 1.13) Avi, also note that two of your complaints are incorrect, or refer to older versions of MediaWiki:

“can’t exclude terms from search results” — use of “-” in front of a term to exclude it works fine for this.

“No truncation or wildcards” — use of “*” as suffix of term is available for wildcard searches.

These both work in at least 1.12 and later. (Current stable release in 1.13)

]]> By: brion http://leuksman.com/log/2008/11/14/svn-update-on-wikimedia-sites-questions-on-branching/comment-page-1/#comment-19774 brion Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:58:25 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/?p=345#comment-19774 Avi, thanks for the feedback on the search. We know that in particular the MySQL backend has some pretty crappy default limitations, and we always appreciate help in fixing those up. Some of those limitations may be difficult to transcend (eg the ranking algorithm), others can be hacked around (crappy stopwords and default word length minimum in MySQL). Avi, thanks for the feedback on the search. We know that in particular the MySQL backend has some pretty crappy default limitations, and we always appreciate help in fixing those up. Some of those limitations may be difficult to transcend (eg the ranking algorithm), others can be hacked around (crappy stopwords and default word length minimum in MySQL).

]]> By: Avi Rappoport http://leuksman.com/log/2008/11/14/svn-update-on-wikimedia-sites-questions-on-branching/comment-page-1/#comment-19666 Avi Rappoport Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:11:26 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/?p=345#comment-19666 I was pretty rough on the WikiMedia search functionality, but that's because I'm involved in a content wiki and I can't find anything -- so frustrating. So in the wiki spirit, I would very much like to help with whatever changes you make in search, Special:Search or otherwise. Avi I was pretty rough on the WikiMedia search functionality, but that’s because I’m involved in a content wiki and I can’t find anything — so frustrating. So in the wiki spirit, I would very much like to help with whatever changes you make in search, Special:Search or otherwise.

Avi

]]> By: Johannes Beigel http://leuksman.com/log/2008/11/14/svn-update-on-wikimedia-sites-questions-on-branching/comment-page-1/#comment-19075 Johannes Beigel Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:55:42 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/?p=345#comment-19075 I recomment Git: git svn works like a charm. I recomment Git: git svn works like a charm.

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