In the best interest of helping people use Drupal and find the information that they are looking for, I would like to suggest that Drupal.org use Google Site Search or some other similar 3rd party search mechanism. I know this will make some people mad because it implies that Google works better than Drupal search. This doesn't concern me nearly as much as the fact that I can't find anything useful by typing a search word into the little box in the upper right hand corner of this site.
For anyone who needs convincing that Google does a better job, please compare these two searches for 'htaccess':
http://www.google.com/search?as_q=htaccess&as_sitesearch=drupal.org
http://drupal.org/search&keys=htaccess
The benefits of integrating Google Site Search don't just end at the site users getting to their info faster. It will directly lead to a reduced number of duplicate postings. Most users are, contrary to what it seems, responsible citizens and search for the answer to their question before crying to the community for help. My experience is very often negative with this approach: I almost never find what I'm looking for by searching first. I've read the Drupal handbook, so if it's in there, I'll find it without searching. Otherwise, I probably won't find it at all, as things are.
The second benefit would be the pocket change that would be generated by being a Google affiliate. This would probably add up to something with three digits at the end of the year and can go to offsetting the costs of hosting Drupal, promoting Drupal, or straight into Dries' pocket, for all I care. In any case, somebody would be glad the money is there.
DDEV is the official local development tool of Drupal. And like Drupal, DDEV depends on the support of the open source community.
