From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Paolo Ciarrocchi" Subject: Re: [RFC] Git User's Survey 2007 Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:44:05 +0200 Message-ID: <4d8e3fd30707300044l79133442of45b37a8192f7bca@mail.gmail.com> References: <200707250358.58637.jnareb@gmail.com> <200707271320.06313.jnareb@gmail.com> <4d8e3fd30707290950lce19ef4g103cbb7ad1abbe23@mail.gmail.com> <200707300221.23511.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Jakub Narebski" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Jul 30 09:44:13 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IFPvJ-0002DP-G4 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:44:13 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755052AbXG3HoK (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:44:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754362AbXG3HoJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:44:09 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.176]:27660 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754434AbXG3HoH (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:44:07 -0400 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d32so2619316pye for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:44:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=P/VGfHMLiSAEo3fzlNLXD46W3YnE0od2Pa8Im4sDbQ5o8amBsYiKN/io4e7Fn7n5YCMy1xJvHkrY1iJp+mZfjzZ9LE+pVk1hCMA9/nmp4gcNz5/ujXGKKnk3MH4yC1VtM7F/oc1NgE48tMiotAIi6WNPqXSsI4IxMnPGg7TATT8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=r3zo7OTXlKqmcwJLYdYrQP82HbIHP1iaaqtzbMFiWiJBigcDJ966EsusSxOgGuqrAH/qVKMxYOWVt0kzJJ/Duj5Gl/qEoemM+3Mk8kB3kxqAHxWReKy/0h1z9Shd95pX1sQNvI95HAwBuUIDH1Dic2PonxdSWPuTkaXS9M4vHOw= Received: by 10.142.12.14 with SMTP id 14mr286887wfl.1185781445934; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:44:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.163.10 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:44:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200707300221.23511.jnareb@gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On 7/30/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > > On 7/27/07, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > >> First there is a question about the form of survey. Should we use web > >> based survey, as the survey before (http://www.survey.net.nz), sending > >> emails with link to this survey, or perhaps do email based survey, > >> with email Reply-To: address put for this survey alone? > > > > I vote for the survey.net.nz approach. I think that from a user > > prospective that's the right thing to do, we can have "multiple choice > > questions" and avoid some of the more common mistakes. > > I think it also better (especially that I started devising questions > with multiple-choice and single-choice answers in mind...). > > >> Third, where to send survey to? I was thinking about git mailing list, > >> LKML, and mailing list for git projects found on GitProjects page on > >> GIT wiki. Do you want to add some address? Or should info about GIT > >> User's Survey 2007 be sent also to one of on-line magazines like > >> LinuxToday, or asked to put on some blog? > > > > I think that one of the mistakes I did when I sent out the first > > survey was to not contact any magazines and blog. > > Any proposals? Besides LWN, NewsForge, Slashdot? www.osnews.com and I can contact a few Italian portals. > >> ---- > >> About you > >> > >> 1. What country are you in? > > > > I know that lot of people will disagree with me but from a pure > > statistical prospective I'd like to add a couple of questions about > > gender and age. > > > > I understand very well that these questions will not be useful for > > making git any better but it will be interesting to have a better > > picture abut the git customer base. > > I'm not sure it would add any important informatant information; > although "age" (years, or age bracket?) could be useful. > > >> How you use GIT > > >> 8. Which porcelains do you use? > >> (zero or more: multiple choice) > >> - core-git, cogito, StGIT, pg, guilt, other > IsiSetup > > > git-gui ? > > > >> 9. Which git GUI do you use > >> (zero or more: multiple choice) > >> - gitk, git-gui, qgit, gitview, giggle, other > tig, instaweb, (h)gct, qct, KGit > > I consider git-gui an UI (like qgit or tig), not a porcelain. To be > a porcelains tool need to add some SCM functionality not present in > git-core. > > > How about adding a question about whether the user migrated from a > > different SCM? If so, from which SCM and why? > > I have added, suggested [somewhat] by Andy Parkins, the following > set of questions: > > ---- > Other SCMs > > 1. What other SCM did you use? > 2. What other SCM do you use currently? > 3. What other SCM do you use as a main SCM for your project > instead of git, if any? Why? > * example: Mercurial, better MS Windows support > 5. What would you require from git to enable you to change, > if you use other SCM for your project? > 4. Do your git repository interact with other SCM? Or what SCM > did you import from? What tool did/do you use? > * examples: CVS, import: fromcvs, interaction: git-cvsserver; > Subversion, git-svn Fine with me. Thanks for you work Jakub. Just a general comment, let's try to avoid as much as possible multiple questions in a single question. It tends to confuse people when they are answering to the survey. Ciao, -- Paolo