axi-cache: a new search tool for Debian packages

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Re: axi-cache: a new search tool for Debian packages

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Re: axi-cache: a new search tool for Debian packages

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crosscourt wrote: Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:06 pm Id test it but honestly not really interested, ;)
I may throw it on my E7450 to try. That's quite literally my test system (Debian 10)...
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Let us know how it goes.
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Well, it's pretty slow to update the cache, but it doesn't negatively affect performance while it does it. Will say, the searches that I tried are pretty good results. Such as, searched for a kde-centric hex editor (since I already knew what I wanted to see as the result):

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root@wildmage:~# apt search hex editor kde
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
libkasten3okteta1controllers1/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  kastencontrollers library for Okteta

libkasten3okteta1core1/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  kastencore library for Okteta

libkasten3okteta1gui1/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  kastengui library for Okteta

libokteta2core2/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  core Okteta library

libokteta2gui2/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
  gui Okteta library

okteta/testing,unstable,now 4:17.08.3-1 amd64 [installed]
  hexadecimal editor for binary files

okteta-dev/testing,unstable 4:17.08.3-1 amd64
  Development files for Okteta
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root@wildmage:~# axi-cache search hex editor kde
1 results found.
Results 1-1:
100% okteta - hexadecimal editor for binary files
More terms: okteta hexadecimal decodings listing values character bytes
More tags: use::learning suite::kde works-with::file use::editing uitoolkit::qt implemented-in::c++ x11::application
Several other searches had pretty much the same results.
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Re: axi-cache: a new search tool for Debian packages

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So you would recommend it? Too soon to tell?
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Based on 1/2 dozen searches, definitely. It doesn't seem to at this point impose any real performance penalty, it just requires 2-3x the time to update cache (apt update vs. update-apt-xapian-index), and obviously I haven't had any long term experience to see if possibly the index eventually causes a performance penalty, but at first blush, definitely has significantly better results than apt, and MASSIVELY more relevant results than apt-cache. Now, someone who's been using Debian for a long time and really knows how to manipulate apt to get the results they want, might not be useful for, but for beginners who for whatever reason aren't using a gui (good on them) for package management, this is as good as any gui package managers searches ever are that I've seen. And even for advanced users, it's much EASIER to get good, relevant results than it is through the base tools.
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Nice, Im sure he'll appreciate that reaction.

Might turn you into a software tester down the road.
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crosscourt wrote: Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:11 am Nice, Im sure he'll appreciate that reaction.

Might turn you into a software tester down the road.
Been there, done that. Was in Dev Ops for a while.
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Re: axi-cache: a new search tool for Debian packages

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Thats what I was thinking as this site grows and we need to specialize a bit more. My background is gaming, graphics apis, video hardware and drivers.
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