538245 - The number of addons returned for search results is different for various locales

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Localization, defect, P4)

Description

[krupa raj[:krupa]]

steps to reproduce:
1.Go to https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=&cat=all&advancedsearch=1&as=1&appid=1&lver=3.5&atype=0&pp=20&pid=3&sort=&lup=
2.Notice the number of results returned (1000)
3.Go to the same page in fr(french).Check to ensure that the locale specific checkbox is unchecked.URL:
https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/search?q=&cat=all&advancedsearch=1&as=1&appid=1&lver=3.5&atype=0&pp=20&pid=3&sort=&lup=
4.Notice the number of results returned (707)
5.Go to the same page in Parsi(ar)URL: https://preview.addons.mozilla.org/ar/firefox/search?q=&cat=all&advancedsearch=1&as=1&appid=1&lver=3.5&atype=0&pp=20&pid=3&sort=&lup=
6.With the checkbox unchecked the total results returned -650

observed behavior:
the number of results returned are different for various locales

Comment 1

[Dave Dash [:davedash, :dd] (assign all bugs to mbrandt)]

Added some better debugging, I found out that all locales return the same number of results.  The Cake view for some reason filters this out... we should figure out why... but we can do it in 5.6 in Zamboni.

Comment 2

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

front end search currently has no milestone home

Comment 3

[Wil Clouser [:clouserw]]

I get 6803 results for all 3 URLs now.