[Pardus-devel] Conclusions to "Rethinking the Linux Distribution"

[George Belotsky]

On 08 Sun 07, Amine Chadly wrote:
> I was a little confused about the aviation safter reporting system
> part of your email, but after having a look at it
> [http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/callback_nf.htm] and at different issues, I
> found it very interesting !

Great!  You can also take a look at some ASRS report sets.

    http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/report_sets_nf.htm

Note that the data is formatted as name-value pairs.  The names look a
lot like structured tags.  Here is a fragment.

       Person : 1
         Function.Flight Crew : Captain
         Function.Oversight : PIC

       Person : 2
         Function.Flight Crew : First Officer

As I mentioned previously, an interesting approach would be to combine
the idea of an ASRS report with social networking tags.  Anyone
submitting the report would tag it, so the classification system would
evolve organically.  Names used inside reports could also work like
tags, as stated above.

> Having short stories telling problems faced and the solutions is an
> excellent concept. I would see as well a way to access to stories
> according to topics (security and system admin comes in mind).

The ASRS sample reports include the narrative sections, so you can
read the stories and get an idea of how this works.  In the proposed
system, tags would allow you to find reports -- similar to the way
you use Flickr or del.icio.us.

If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate them.  What would you
like to see in such a system?

Wish you all the best,

George.

> 
> 
> On 7/6/07, George Belotsky <gb at openlight.com> wrote:
> > Hello, Everyone:
> >
> > Almost two months have passed since the publication of "Rethinking the
> > Linux Distribution".
> >
> > I have summarized the debate thus far, and posted the analysis to
> > O'Reilly's forum.  I included a thank-you note to the Pardus team, for
> > your great work.
> >
> > http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/91621
> >
> > The article mentioned the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) as a
> > source of ideas for governance of online collaboration.  In the
> > analysis, I expand on this concept.  A reporting system modelled on
> > the ASRS would help us make better use of the "Wisdom of Crowds", to
> > improve the Linux distribution.  See the link above for more details.
> >
> > Feel free to comment or ask questions.  Do you think such a system
> > would be useful in general?  Would you use it?
> >
> > Wish you all the best,
> >
> > George.
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>   Amine Chadly
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