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Description
This is an umbrella issue to keep track of search feedback for pkg.go.dev
Issues currently open on this topic are:
- support fuzzy matching: x/pkgsite: searching by smartcontractkit and chainlink does not show github.com/smartcontractkit/chainlink #37801, x/pkgsite: search algorithm doesn't find similarly named packages #37783, x/pkgsite: partial search doesn't return (any) matches which are "close" or latest #36806
- support searching by modules: x/pkgsite: searching for modules isn't supported #36814, x/pkgsite: partial search doesn't return (any) matches which are "close" or latest #36806
- search ranking ought to prioritize more recent major module versions x/pkgsite: search ranking ought to prioritize more recent major module versions #36969, x/pkgsite: partial search doesn't return (any) matches which are "close" or latest #36806
- lower score of previous path in case of module rename x/pkgsite: lower score of previous path in case of module rename #37252
- provide options for sorting search results by number of imports and stars on GitHub x/pkgsite: provide options for sorting search results by number of imports and stars on GitHub #36952
- support searching for internal packages x/pkgsite: support searching for internal packages #36940
- do not show packages of a module at the top level x/pkgsite: do not show packages of a module at the top level #37788
- proposal for search filters: language features and possible compatibility issues x/pkgsite: proposal for search filters: language features and possible compatibility issues #39195
- searching for package "is" returns no results x/pkgsite: packages with stopwords as their name don't show up in search results #38766
- searching for "youtube" only show results for github.com/youtube/vitess x/pkgsite: searching for "youtube" only show results for github.com/youtube/vitess #39525
- search doesn't recognise some well-known tools: x/pkgsite: search doesn't recognise some well-known tools #40311
- builtin should be ranked higher in search x/pkgsite: builtin should be ranked higher in search #40622
At the moment, we are not making any changes to the search algorithm, as our priority has been to work towards open sourcing (#36747) and with our UX team to address design feedback.
This issue is to capture issues that users are running into, to make sure we address them later on.
/cc @spf13 @jba @fflewddur @Joanne881107