[Koha-bugs] [Bug 12430] Using QueryAutoTruncate breaks relevance ranking

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12430

--- Comment #26 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Druart from comment #25)
> 
> What about the patch? Was not it suppose to fix the issue?

Oh yeah... apparently I wrote that patch 6 years ago. I didn't realize I was
even the author of it. 

But according to my comment from
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12430#c6, I think my
patch would actually break some searches in Koha where older versions of Zebra
are used (ie < 2.0.62). I think the koha-common package uses 2.0.59 by default,
so probably not a good idea to use this patch.

I think my hopelessness with Search.pm led me to making this comment
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12430#c9 and opening
this bug yesterday:
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=24586

I think the problem with Koha's search is that it looks like it works in many
cases, so attempts to fix it will change the familiar behaviour, and people
will complain.

But I don't think it's possible to fix it and maintain backwards compatibility
with current behaviour. 

The hardest part for me is finding the resources to fix it. Because it mostly
works, I don't have a client-led or employer-led mandate to spend my resources
fixing it. I wish I could do it out of the goodness of my heart, but my heart
has other priorities.

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