Hi, Linden folks,
I understand that there's a lot of trouble with the Search function right now and I'm sure you're working hard to bring it up to speed, but there are two critical questions about it that I'm sure that myself and others would like answered:
1: What change was made in the v1.13 patch that so drastically increased the database load? (Island visibility?) Would it be possible to roll back that change only in order to restore normal operation, upgrade the database as necessary, and then redeploy the change?
2: Will description and name full text searching for Classifieds and Places definately be restored, in the sense that the system will be considered broken until they are? Torley's earlier post only stated that they "hoped" it will be restored - which seems to suggest that there are circumstances in which they never will be, if they place too much load on the database. Are you able to offer us a guarantee that the database backend will be upgraded as necessary to support this functionality?
3: If one became available at this time, would LL consider allowing a resident or resident-company run search engine to replace the Search functionality in the client? If multiple such engines became available, would LL offer the user a choice within the client?
Thank you very much for your time.