From: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Ray Stell <stellr(at)vt(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL WWW <PGSQL-WWW(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: release schedule? |
Date: | 2018-05-02 15:00:21 |
Message-ID: | E4620C44-7ABC-4813-A057-A2EDDB8332CF@postgresql.org |
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> On May 2, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
>> On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 4:40 PM, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>
>> wrote:
>>> The search tool on postgresql.org is for searching things like the
>>> documentation and mailing list archive. If you’re looking for particular
>>> pages, your favorite search engine of choice will get you what you are
>>> looking for.
>
>> The site search is certainly *supposed* to work for that. Clearly it's
>> somewhat broken.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion about whether it's broken or not, but
> if the search doesn't cover the entire universe of "*.postgresql.org"
> content, I think it'd be a good idea to have some text on the search
> page explaining what it does cover.
Fair. TBH I forgot that it was supposed to cover the regular pages
because I tend to use $FAVORITE_SEARCH_ENGINE to find
what I’m looking for.
I’ll add this as a ticket to Redmine to ensure we investigate.
> That "include community sites" checkbox is rather drastically
> underexplained, too.
Agreed.
> The page you get for mailing list archive search (m=1) could
> likewise stand to have some text explaining what the heck it does.
Indeed. I’m all for things that make it more user friendly.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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