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Author: Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Fri Jan 31 18:17:12 2020 +0100
talks: fosdem2020-search-discovery: Finalize.
* talks/fosdem-2020/search-discovery/search-discovery.org: Edit.
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diff --git a/talks/fosdem-2020/search-discovery/search-discovery.org
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--- a/talks/fosdem-2020/search-discovery/search-discovery.org
+++ b/talks/fosdem-2020/search-discovery/search-discovery.org
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
#+AUTHOR: Pierre Neidhardt
#+EMAIL: address@hidden
-#+TITLE: Search & discover packages and services with GNU Guix
+#+TITLE: Search & discover packages and services
+#+SUBTITLE: with GNU Guix
#+OPTIONS: reveal_single_file:t
@@ -11,11 +12,12 @@
#+REVEAL_PLUGINS: (highlight)
#+REVEAL_THEME: night
-#+REVEAL_MAX_SCALE: 0.6
+# #+REVEAL_MAX_SCALE: 0.6
#+REVEAL_TITLE_SLIDE_BACKGROUND: ./images/Guix_logo_noname.svg.png
#+REVEAL_TITLE_SLIDE_BACKGROUND_SIZE: 550px
+#+TODO: Zoom out title.
#+TODO: Talk about guile?
* Sharing matters
@@ -25,13 +27,15 @@
# : The power of the data that other[s] have collected is locked up and we
need to
# : get it unlocked so we can tackle those huge problems.
-: A lot of the state of knowledge of the human race at the moment is on
databases,
-: often sitting in their computers, and actually, currently not shared.
+#+begin_quote
+A lot of the state of knowledge of the human race at the moment is on
databases,
+often sitting in their computers, and actually, currently not shared.
+#+end_quote
-- Tim Berners-Lee
"The next web" (2009)
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
In 2009, TBL gave a speech on "The next web".
Sharing matters:
@@ -43,13 +47,13 @@ Sharing matters:
Today we are at the free software conference where everyone understands this
and
yet, I would argue, that we are still not that good at sharing. A lot of time
and effort goes to waste.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Sharing is nothing without searching
+* Sharing is nothing without discoverability
-Efficient sharing means equally efficiant discovery.
+Efficient sharing means equally efficient discovery.
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
How do we find the program that we are looking for?
Let me rephrase: How do we find the program that does the job for us?
@@ -58,9 +62,9 @@ We don't expect to program them: we expect to run a program
and get the job done
User experience question: when first confronted with a computer, how do we know
which program to run? => Tribal knowledge (e.g. VLC is famous because it's
famous).
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Dotfiles, or "Yet another home-made service"
+* Dotfiles, or "Yet another home-made service"?
#+TODO: Take data from GitHub, gitlab "dotfiles" repositories
@@ -73,20 +77,20 @@
https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=dotfiles&s=stars&type=Repositories
# TODO: Average of ??? lines.
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
Show of hands: who has spent too much time on their dotfiles?
What is a dotfile really? It's just another home-made service.
Just like a program, it gets the job done. And when start thinking this way,
we
start realizing that it's only a blurred line between services and packages.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
* First-class services
Or "The end of dotfiles!"
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
My claim: we can put an end to dotfiles!
Rephrase: An end to "egoistic un-reusable dotfiles".
@@ -97,9 +101,9 @@ Dream: Just need to declare which program and services you
want to use and your
are done. This could tailor to your most specific needs.
Service example: daily backup of my data with rsync+ssh/vpn.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Example
+** Example
# TODO: Finish service example
#+begin_src scheme
@@ -115,103 +119,100 @@ Service example: daily backup of my data with
rsync+ssh/vpn.
# TODO: More examples?
-* Recipe for first-class services
+** Recipe for first-class services
Just use GNU Guix and GNU Shepherd!
- Shepherd services drag Guix dependent packages automatically.
- Can be installed everywhere.
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
It's hard to fix it for every distribution.
Since Guix is universal, it fixes it for everyone.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
* A flood of packages and services
-Nix has some 40,000+ packages.
+Nix: 40,000+ packages.
-Guix is getting there: 12,000 as of FOSDEM 2020.
+Guix: 12,000+ packages, 140+ services.
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
Services don't have well known names.
How do we find our way around this mess?
More general problem: search packages / services is hard.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Problem 1: File search
+* Problems
-SQLite databases from substitute servers.
+Argh!
+** Problem 1: File search
-#+begin_notes
+Idea: SQLite databases from build farms.
+
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
Nix can do this, Guix cannot.
We need to fix this.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Problem 2: Gentoo "USE flags"
+** Problem 2: Gentoo "USE flags"
# TODO: Really talk about this?
# TODO: Better USE flag example.
Example: FFmpeg compiled with AAC codec
-* Problem 3: User interface
+** Problem 3: User interface
# TODO: Videos? Demo with Helm?
Accessibility means "good GUI!"
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
Live, fuzzy search that "does what you mean."
We can't afford a cumbersome command line.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
-* Problem 4: Community data
+** Problem 4: Community data
# Mention Alternative To?
- Recommendations
- Number of downloads
- Ratings
-- Tags?
+- Tags? (#audio, #video, #web…)
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
We don't want to include tags in a permanent databases:
- Too subjective.
- Evolves over time depending on the latest trends.
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
* The Art of Searching
- Live fuzzy search
- Scoring system
- Community data
-- Understands files, "USE flags"
-- Understands "what you mean", e.g. a service, file, application.
- À-la "web search-engine".
+- Understands /what you mean/, e.g. service, file, "USE flags" or application.
+ # À-la "web search-engine".
* Implementation
- Databases: Wikidata?
- Smart search engines: Xapian?
-#+begin_notes
+#+BEGIN_NOTES
Wikidata is a good way to factor the work between distributions.
Show https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q171477?wprov=srpw1_0
?
-#+end_notes
+#+END_NOTES
* Current work
-NLNet fund: New Generation Internet
-
-- https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX/ (misleading description)
-- https://www.ngi.eu/.
-
-For Guix:
+** Tasks for Guix
- First class services
- File search
@@ -220,6 +221,12 @@ For Guix:
- Smart search
(including community data)
+** Fundings
+NLNet fund: New Generation Internet
+
+- https://nlnet.nl/project/GUIX/ (misleading description)
+- https://www.ngi.eu/.
+
* Follow up
- https://guix.gnu.org
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