On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 23:40, Guy.Bormann wrote: > [snip] > > 2. a trust metric system for bug reporters. > > > > (2) would be useful because it would give a fast indication of where the > > problems lie (I'm thinking of tying this into drakbug or something), and > > automatically filter out "noise" > How would you handle aging of the trust metric? When there is aging, it > relieves the problem of "quality" posters turning "crappy" due to lack of > time, lost interest, ... On the other hand, it punishes "quality" posters > that irregularly send consistently good reports.
Ahhh, now this is where it would be helpful if I knew a bit more about AI and statistics. The points you raise are indeed valid. I don't know that it will be a huge problem. I don't think that frequency of posting should be considered. I mean, if someone doesn't have time, they won't post :) - that doesn't mean that their competence with mandrake somehow decreases over that time. I think you are talking about a system where there is a theoretically infinite level of "goodness". That's not what I had in mind. Something more like a number between 0 and 1 - say (good posts) / (total posts) How do other systems handle this? James.
