On Tue, 03 Jul 2007, David Claughton wrote: > Bastian Venthur wrote: > >> The problem was (or is) that it requires java so I dropped that idea >> again. But maybe another p2p search engine with similar features but >> without a non-free dependency could be an alternative to google? > > I was wondering if Hyper Estraier (http://hyperestraier.sourceforge.net/) > might fit the bill? I can't say I've used it, but I had a look at the > website and it looks like a possibility - it's LGPL, written in C and has > P2P and multilingual features (don't know if this extends to content > negotiation, 'fraid I didn't dig that deeply). Also it's already packaged > for Debian. > > Might be worth a look?
HyperEstraier is actually what the BTS is using for full text searching now; given hardware to set it up on, it wouldn't be all too difficult to index the websites too. Don Armstrong -- When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. -- Edmund Burke "Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discoontents" http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
