Searching the future (radio) cache.

[Andy Wedge]

> Sent: 25 September 2013 02:35
> To: get_iplayer at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Searching the future (radio) cache.
> 
> The following is a quote from 2.83's long help, get_iplayer --helplong
(BTW, I
> have found that these variants --help-long --longhelp --long-help also
work
> (?) ):
> 
> "Search Options:
> --future  Search future programme schedule if it has been indexed
(refresh
> cache with: --refresh --refresh-future)."
> 
> Now, I am not a native English speaker, but the way "I" understand the
> above is with the emphasis being on "Future programme schedule".
> Yet, when I run
> 
> get_iplayer --type=radio -f --refresh-future --force
> 
> followed by
> 
> get_iplayer --type=radio --future "Pete Tong"
> 
> I get these two results:
> 
> Matches:
> 15756:  Pete Tong - 20/09/2013, BBC Radio 1, Dance &
> Electronica,Music,Popular,Radio
> 15757:  Pete Tong - Art Department Goody Goodies, BBC Radio 1 England,
> 
> index 15757 corresponds to coming Friday's show (27/09/2013,
> pid=b03bdhd7), not yet available on iPlayer, so I would expect to see
this in
> the results, being a FUTURE programme.
> However, I also get index 15756, i.e. LAST Friday's show, already
broadcast in
> the PAST relative to when the "future search" was performed, and which
is
> currently available on iPlayer.
>  If I needed to get last Friday's show as a search result, I'd have
simply
> typed:
> 
> get_iplayer --type=radio "Pete Tong"
> 
> Matches:
> 15756:  Pete Tong - 20/09/2013, BBC Radio 1, Dance &
> Electronica,Music,Popular,Radio
> 
> So, in its current iteration the --future search feature also searches
the past
> programme schedule...
> 
> Either the long help's "--future" entry needs to be reworded, e.g.
> "Additionally search within future programme schedule...", or "Search
past
> and future programme schedules..."
> OR
> a patch is needed
 
> What are your thoughts on this?
>
> Vangelis.

I've not looked at future programme searches before but I've just tested
this and I agree with your logic and explanation. The description of the
--future search option could be clarified a little.

Andy