Support:Search Implementation

The implementation for new SUMO search will run from October 20 to November 30.

The main bug: bug 405028

All bugs that are needed for SUMO search deployment will be made dependent on this bug.

General Strategy

• The new search will be deployed in parallel to the old search, so it does not replace the old search but is an add-on.
• The new search will be available once ready at a different URL from the old search
• During the test phase, on the new search results, there will be a message to say that this is a new search that is being tested, and link to go back to the old search

Major Targets

October 27

• Search UI will be ready for review
• Method of deploying search system tested and documented

November 3

• Unoptimized search engine to be ready on support-stage (security by obscurity will apply - you need to know the special url to get to it)
• Initial QA on support-stage to begin

November 10

• Search UI to be finalized
• Search indexing procedure to be finalized
• (0.7.2 push) Unoptimized search engine will be pushed to production (security by obscurity will apply - you need to know the special url to get to it)
• Continued QA on production

November 17

• Testing of different search indexing to begin

November 24

• Documentation of different results of different search indexing parameters done

November 26

• Search is ready for real live users testing if desired (can be turned off)(0.7.3 push)

December 15

• Complete cut-over to new search

Weekly Schedule

October 20-26

• Bug 460203 - Create initial template for new sumo search
• Get in touch with Sphinx to resolve: Bug 460205 - Certain characters in some languages cause new sumo search indexing to fail
• Bug 460221 - Define new sumo search indexing trigger method

October 27-November 2

• Bug 460197 - Create deployment procedure from SVN for search
• Bug 460219 - Ensure category and other filters for new sumo search working
• Bug 460221 - Define new sumo search indexing trigger method

November 3-9

0.7.2 Freeze and push this week

• Bug 460208 - Deploy new sumo search engine to support-stage
• Bug 460211 - Implement memcache for new sumo search
• Bug 460216 - Set up testing of new sumo search performance on test cluster

November 10-16

• Bug 460214 - Optimize new sumo search results caching
• Bug 460220 - Integrate new sumo search admin

November 17-24

November 20: 0.7.3 freeze

• Bug 460224 - Test different search indexing weights
• Bug 460223 - Test and define search indexing cycle/procedure

Week of November 24

November 25: 0.7.3 push

• Bug 460214 - Optimize new sumo search results caching
• Bug 460225 - Make poll weights for new sumo search use CSAT poll info

Week of December 1

Other Refinements

Week of December 8

0.8 freeze