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[PATCH] ui: Improve sort order when searching package names.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 58136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>
Subject: [bug#58136] [PATCH] ui: Improve sort order when searching package names.
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 23:42:54 +0200

Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Well, I propose something like see below (based on your patch):
>
>  1. keep the weight as 4
>  2. set the “namespace” weight to 1 (or 2 if you prefer)
>
>     Otherwise, for example, generic name as CSV could artificially bump
>     the relevance and hide relevant packages.  For instance, compare
>
>        guix search csv
>
>  3. use upstream-name if provided

Maybe something like:

  (define %package-metrics
    `((,package-name . 4)
      (,package-upstream-name* . 4)  ;or a lower weight, dunno
      …))

where:

  (define (package-upstream-name* package)
    (or (assoc-ref (package-properties package) 'upstream-name)
        (package-name-sans-namespace package)))  ;strip "r-", "emacs-", etc.

WDYT?

(Perhaps ‘package-upstream-name’ could be taught about these implicit
name conversions done for R, Python, Emacs, etc.?)

Ludo’.

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