2008/10/31 Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org:
Robert Stojnic wrote:
I've made a number of such improvements in r42522, but it got reverted because I didn't get around to fully debug it and since the interface could've been prettier. I don't have time to poke at it ATM, but if anyone wants to pick it up, please do!
I would definitely love to see it polished up some more! We can probably put someone on that soon...
I forwarded Robert's email about the new search to wikien-l for people to give it a good workout, and I think search on Wikimedia sites would be an excellent topic for a post on the Wikimedia Blog - give people some awareness of the length and amount of work that goes into a change such as this with not a lot on the front end but a great deal on the back. Something like Robert's original email with a writeup of the year's work leading up to it.
- d.