I’ve put together some last minute 6.x search patches (code freeze -10). I think that I have a much faster core search, but we really need some independent review, access to test data, and some questions answered/confirmed. Please see http://drupal.org/node/145560. Wouldn’t it be great if the 6.x search was 5 times faster?
If you’re interested in search in general and want to help with all the pending search patches, please visit the new g.d.o search working group at http://groups.drupal.org/node/4102.
Thanks!
Doug Green
904-583-3342
Changing the world one node at a time!