>>>> "Matthew Ehle" <mehle@novell.com> 7/26/2010 12:44 PM >>>
>Rupert,
>>Thanks for the brief insight into this. Question from my perspective
>>is: Who exactly is doing this MediaWiki search investigation? Who take
>>a decision if it's actually needed or not (btw, from my perspective it
>>is) and who finally drives the Novell internal requesting processes to
>>get it done. From my experience we won't get too far without a
>>respective assignee for that particular task.
>>That said, would you (your specific knowledge considered) be willing
>>to allocate the needed resources and put it on your very own agenda to
>>get it done? Assumed you're fine with it: What about taking Google
>>custom search into account to achieve better search results?
>I would love to take this on. I think the number of emails and requests is more than sufficient to say >that this is needed, and I can also personally vouch that the current search is inadequate.
>The only thing that I cannot do is be the internal driver for the requesting process, since I am no >longer a Novell employee. I will talk to some people and make the argument for a new search, but >the approval and prioritization is pretty much out of my hands. It might be good to get whoever is >filling in for Zonker to help out on that part.
>As for the Google search, that could do the trick. If nothing else, I can check it out and deploy it as a >temporary measure while we look at the other options. If it works well enough, it would be quick and >would avoid all the mess of getting a lot of work time approved.