Re: [gentoo-soc] [SOC Ebuild generator project] Introduction and C&C

[Brian Dolbec]

On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 20:27 -0500, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
> On 16:56 Mon 21 Mar     , Brian Dolbec wrote:
> > There is an app called shogun-toolbox  http://www.shogun-toolbox.org/
> >
> > that is designed specifically for machine learning.  It has many
> > interface capabilities including python (which they state has the most
> > complete documentation).  There is also many examples for it's use.
> >
> > I personally don't know nearly enough about it to know what modeling
> > methods might be suitable or even if there is one suitable for this
> > type of model.  But I think should be investigated.  Implemented this
> > would have the potential to increase it's success rate over time,
> > reducing developer load even more.
>
> This sounds like something that might be beyond a GSoC project to
> develop a standalone code base. It would probably work better next year
> as an enhancement, if this year's project to build an initial working
> application worked out well.

Absolutely.  But I wanted to get the thought out there.  Then maybe this
years code could be designed to be easier to upgrade it's AI next year.


>
> What I would do instead is a "smart" detection using things like
> flex/bison/pybison. You could first detect the buildsystem type
> (autotools/cmake/distutils/etc) based on file existence. Then you would
> parse the build files using the syntax described for your lexical
> analyzer/parser to build a basic understanding of what build-time
> options are available and offer them as USE flags. You could also do
> similar things to detect dependencies by understanding their syntax in
> the source code.
>

Yes there are several areas that a machine learning system could be
beneficial in this whole process.  Some of which are listed as other
project ideas this year.

-- 
Brian Dolbec <brian.dolbec@×××××.com>