From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: Advertising the Git User's Survey 2010 - report Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:51:37 +0200 Message-ID: <201009301251.37878.jnareb@gmail.com> References: <201009222242.06975.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Git Mailing List To: "=?utf-8?q?=C3=86var_Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0?= Bjarmason" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Sep 30 12:52:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P1Gk5-00025f-CB for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:52:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752122Ab0I3Kvy convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:51:54 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:33380 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751856Ab0I3Kvx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:51:53 -0400 Received: by bwz11 with SMTP id 11so1236518bwz.19 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:date :user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; bh=i25qoHxARrPod/Z/kr24z9FzFm8OFLEsvG87jFpilCU=; b=Ri3Y6ivJNnQU6CwBy/bu0PTukdYnpCFTjO0ADi6HWaSneM4F81syv8XK8dyetxY9WQ OcRvVBX1QXV7EG4Z7Xj7ySez4sl+ZR5ZBCFsV5ccbFcCmhkqEz6bJrafx8m0OoDp/lfZ GmdYUBxWeahCxS1syMn1ccRA6tddFwGiu/CV8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:cc:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:message-id; b=qQEC44Cl68dqNwWbgx5tDM3W6n8bh5/atzzTlzhY9P/C3btnnd/3u/q7vfiPhq7CkD Ee/cku9Wbgn68hT1XvrZujDt7y64wR/gissmVGfJx+VCnTaHcjeRi8jDq2Z6eMMzBaKT 751keR915ubNYkk+DQR5s4Or4XZOi6w7SLpco= Received: by 10.204.79.223 with SMTP id q31mr2530857bkk.92.1285843911902; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.13] (abwo12.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.8.238.12]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 24sm7643057bkr.19.2010.09.30.03.51.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:50 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 In-Reply-To: <201009222242.06975.jnareb@gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Jakub Nar=C4=99bski wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 13:38, Jakub Narebski wr= ote: > >=20 > > > Currenly the survey has more than 5000 responses (in a not whole = month) >=20 > 6217 responses in 22 days now, see=20 > https://www.survs.com/results/33Q0OZZE/MV653KSPI2 [...] > > This may have to do with advertising however. Have you contacted si= tes > > like GitHub, Gitorious etc. asking them to advertise it? Is there > > maybe a list of people that have been contacted somewhere? > >=20 > > I bet if we could get e.g. GitHub to advertise it in their regular > > news distribution system we could raise that number of 5000 > > respondents significantly. >=20 > It is announced both on GitHub Blog and in GitHub announcements, see > http://github.com/blog/717-git-user-survey-2010 > http://img.skitch.com/20100914-q4wuyf6i8f2yt9ef2tnxaifc1a.png >=20 > Besides that, it is announced on Git Wiki, on Git Homepage, and also = on > repo.or.cz, git.kernel.org, GitHub, Gitorious, InDefero, Codaset, > Codebase, Unfuddle, Savannah, SourceForge and Beanstalk. It would be > (or is) announced on Bettercodes.org. I have send request for=20 > announcement also to Codesion, Assembla, The Chaw, ProjectLocker, > CipherHive and GitFarm, but I didn't get any response yet (I might > not found and used correct contact information). >=20 > I am still sending announcements to other git hosting sites... The Git User's Survey 2010 was announced on the following channels: 1. Mailing lists: * git mailing list * LKML (linux kernel mailing list), as the Linux kernel development was the inspiration for creating Git, and it is major project usin= g Git as version control system * =C3=86var forwarded announcement to perl5-porters mailing list * I have also send announcement to (developers') mailing list for various projects using Git. Many of them are subscribe-only and are awaiting moderation, some outright refused non-subscribe contributions. If you plan announcing Git User's Survey 2010 in such channel, plese check if it wasn't already sent. 2. Google Groups: * "Git for Human Beings" and msysGit Google Groups cover git-related mailing list channel * I have also send announcements to GitHub and Gitorious Google Grou= ps. 3. The Git User's Survey 2010 is announced on Git homepage, on Git Wiki= , and in the #git IRC channel topic (channel description) 4. Blogs (not counting blogs for Git hosting sites) * gitster's journal (blog of Junio C Hamano) http://gitster.livejournal.com/47343.html * git blog - A git blog looking to be official http://gitlog.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/git-user%E2%80%99s-survey-2= 010/ * and probably other blogs (many thanks to bloggers who posted=20 announcements about Git User's Survey 2010) - I asked to have it announced on Perlbuzz, and therefore on Perl bl= og planets, and on Newren's blog, and therefore on GNOME planets, but without results 5. Social news sites: * Hacker News (posted by =C3=86var) http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3D1652126 * Reddit programming (posted by =C3=86var) http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/d835u/git_users_surve= y_2010/ 6. Git hosting sites and software hosting sites with Git support * Those that replied to my request for announcing the survey, in alphabetical order - A2 Hosting - Beanstalk - BerliOS - Bettercodes - CodaSet - Codebase - GitHub - Gitorious - InDefero - git.kernel.org - repo.or.cz - Savannah - SourceForge - SourceRepo - Unfuddle - XP-Dev * Those that didn't reply, and I don't think they posted announcemen= t, in alphabetical order - Assembla - The Chaw (posted on its Google Group, though) - CipherHive - Codesion - GitFarm - ProjectLocker - repositoryhosting.com - SSH Control - Tux Family * Those that I didn't know how to contact, in alphabetical order - Alioth / git.debian.org - debian-hosted - Fedora Hosted - Project Kenai (if it is still active) - USLA-Tracs (not in English) If there are Git hosting sites that are missing from the above list, that didn't already announced Git User's Survey 2010 somehow, and yo= u know how to contact them, please try. There are 2 weeks of survey yet. 7. Microblogging platforms: I announced Git User's Survey 2010 on Twitt= er and Plurk, but I don't have much of following. Some of git hosting sites also announced survey via Twitter. 8. Other: I have tried to announce the survey for Debian developers. In previous years this announcement was relayed to debian-devel-anno= unce mailing list through http://wiki.debian.org/DeveloperNews wiki page, e.g.: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/08/msg00002.htm= l http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2008/09/msg00003.htm= l http://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/Issues/2008/11 But unfortunately not this year. Are there channels that should be utilized missing from the above list? How next year Git User's Survey 2011 (if there would be one) should be announced? P.S. There are 7598 non-test responses to the survey now, see https://www.survs.com/results/33Q0OZZE/MV653KSPI2 --=20 Jakub Narebski Poland