Re: Can we speed it up? Prev: compiling guix is too slow?

[Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 10:56:54AM +0100, Konrad Hinsen wrote:
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> 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.
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