[wp-forums] Search thoughts

[Handy]

Just saw this post: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/102731?replies=1

In summary, the poster is asking if the search results could be sorted by
date.  I can see the appeal, especially around upgrade time.  Especially for
those who struggle with search terms.

Which begs this question:  How are search results currently sorted?  I've
assumed some sort of context order where, in theory, the best match is at
the top.  But the results don't always seem to bear that out.  Thus I
wonder.

Would it make sense to offer the ability to sort results by date/thread-id
or context?
Is that even feasible?