Re: [H-source-users] better analysis/presentation?

[bill-auger]

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