On Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:09:47 +1100 Yuchen wrote:
Can you clarify with an example what you mean by conflicting
entries?
On Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:09:47 +1100 Yuchen wrote:
OK rereading your message I think you mean something like
> what happens when another client
> submits a contradictory report on the same release of the
> singular 'guix' distro
multiple versions of distros is a separate issue - the first
is simple - i meant "conflicts" in the plain sense - does a
search result for "foomatic-123" present "Works with free
software? Yes"? , "No"? , or both (in conflicting per-user
reports)?
alice posts data including a common hardware (eg: i915):
model = foomatic-123
works_with_free_software = Yes
bob's computer or distro disagrees:
model = foomatic-123
works_with_free_software = No
presumably, a search will result in both, and they will
contradict - furthermore, the burden of analyzing the data-set
is on each user - this suggests some interesting analysis
questions, which could be resolved programatically, if it is not
already:
how many other users, agree with alice and/or bob?
is it possible to present search results as a compact table?
eg: "Foomatic-2000"
"Alice | Works with free software? Yes (for me on
trisquel9)"
"Bob | Works with free software? No (for me on
trisquel7)"
"Carol | Works with free software? Yes (for me on
parabola)"
is it is possible to collate/average entries common hardware,
into a [SIC]"user-confidence-rating"?
eg: "Works with free software? Yes (41/42 users)"
maybe some otherwise hidden wisdom may be revealed with better
presentation; such as: all 'Yes' were also tested the same one
distro, and zero 'No' were tested on that distro - all 'No' were
from another distro
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