Re: [gentoo-soc] GSoC - Package statistics

[Michael Seifert]

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Am 23.03.2011 14:49, schrieb Donnie Berkholz:
> On 23:30 Tue 22 Mar     , Brian Dolbec wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 01:09 +0100, Michael Seifert wrote:
>>> I agree that a web-based querying tool/platform would be important.
>
> I don't think it's critical to the project at all, for it to be useful
> to Gentoo developers. As a dev myself, I typically avoid things that
> require me to go to websites because it just takes longer. I use CLI
> interfaces to bugzilla, I read mailing lists and use text editors in a
> terminal, etc.
>
> I'd like a simple CLI tool that just goes and grabs me the info about a
> given package, or shows me overall rankings for certain sets of packages
> (depending on specified queries). Perhaps a web-service (using REST or
> SOAP) would be more interesting to implement than an actual UI. Then
> anyone could tack a web-based UI on later.
>
> Sure, a webapp might be nice for users, and perhaps for a few devs, but
> you could definitely propose a complete project without it.
>

A web-service without UI sounds like good compromise to me :)

What I find a nice idea is that package maintainers can query users to
get feedback, as Brian suggested. However the extent of how much the
users are bothered should be measured carefully. Nobody wants annoying
popups to ask repeatedly about things you don't care much.

Does anyone think that some advanced statistics are appreciated, for
example calculating package trends or determining correlations?
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