On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 10:56:54AM +0100, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > Pjotr Prins <[email protected]> writes: > > >> I wonder if anyone has analyzed the dependency graphs of software > >> packages (not necessarily for Guix, some big distribution like > >> Debian would be more interesting), with the goal if identifying good > >> splits based on simple criteria. > > > > Yeah, that would be a neat exercise. Any student here inclined to have > > a go? > > As was to be expected, a quick search found some promising pointers, e.g.: > > https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.4226 > > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7490780/ > > Plus a lot more on language-specific dependency analysis, which is less > directly useful but may contain interesting methods that could be > generalized. > > So, yes, this would make a good research project (master's level for > example) with the potential for academic recognition.
Agree. I am thinking we should add a section to the website with such projects. Pj. --
