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On Thu, 07 May 2020 09:29:36 +0200 |
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Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> For example, if OCaml bindings on some package are broken and require |
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> a lot of work, I would find useful to know how likely it is that anyone |
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> is using it. Or if a lot of people are enabling 'frobnicate' flag, |
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> I could consider employing USE defaults. |
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For normal reporting, I'd suggest "counts of users" have some default |
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presentation that encourages people to think of the data as incomplete. |
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For example, instead of "0", it might print "<10", or say, "10: +/- 10" |
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Or rank results in terms of relative numbers, "low", "high", etc. |
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Or maybe incorporate time bounds with the information: |
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"0 this month" |
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Because even the people participating may not be participating |
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frequently for all the niche things to turn up in every sample. |
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Just working out a good way to calculate what the "error bars" should |
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be is the hard part. |
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