I haven't run into the issue with the dashes in idzebra-2.0 2.0.59, but I have run into this, when using ICU-Chains:
Bug 16581 : ICU tokenization bug in idzebra-2.0 2.0.59-1
Priority : P5 - low
Urgency : enhancement
Status : NEW
I also know that when use_zebra_facets was first introduced, it was *very* slow -- I can't find any bugs about that though. It's possible that it got so slow under idzebra-2.0 2.61 that the searches are timing out.
It should be possible to set the logging for zebra so that you can see the PQF queries:
See
Bug 15714 : Remove zebra.log from debian scripts and add optional log levels
Priority : P5 - low
Urgency : enhancement
Status : RESOLVED
For setting the log levels
For a general discussion of how to use them.
... This should give you some idea of what's failing, both in terms of the dashes in 2.0.59 and the non-functional zebra facets under 2.0.61.
My general feeling is that 2.0.59 is irredeemably broken by bug 16581, and we need at least 2.0.60, but I don't have any experience with zebra facets.
--Barton