From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Felipe Contreras Subject: Re: [RFH] Questions for Git User's Survey 2009 Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:53:06 +0300 Message-ID: <94a0d4530905300153l361ed7d9l4376cb4c85001772@mail.gmail.com> References: <200905291855.03328.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 30 10:54:25 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MAKKf-0001M3-5i for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 30 May 2009 10:54:25 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753738AbZE3IxJ convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 04:53:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752988AbZE3IxI (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 04:53:08 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:43196 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751625AbZE3IxG convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 04:53:06 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so2423446fgg.17 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 01:53:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=eCRmhmJAEL/IjLOwH2qkUWysQpg2FkbHCFJ7hKB4e60=; b=v5eI9Ha6HHcnOIZlT/y7W91edqokgIFQCAp9EKxH0SvcxBcLhfJDDI64Vc7/Ulqc/T hlS8y9meMCGT5czioxqOb63aRBH9eari0n8AGE3rmojeWgKa8eimTivu60Wb4lrds1Wj L46S13koOBOa7h0ub4NmG4CTRymZXtK/sixqo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=tdYEfVwugFtpxkW+ES+iMpSOZbYiKybVrdcnp1aq05tZysbQQ7Ia6Z4ipkfcsa0CEx n15R1zSsn2biSLTjq8h85TiE+cf6WDScdlq4WbNUkRpPmiky8n0YwF2MPwUxKvBqC7FJ DToUyuioPfJslcErsUobk0Y5GJwNGIz993EmQ= Received: by 10.86.68.10 with SMTP id q10mr3855051fga.78.1243673586285; Sat, 30 May 2009 01:53:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905291855.03328.jnareb@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Jakub Narebski wrot= e: > Even though analyzing answers from "Git User's Survey 2008" is not > finished (although I have added partial results for questions with a > free-form part, see http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSurvey2008), it looks > like there is time for annual Git User's Survey (which takes place in > summer)... or at least thinking about possible questions. =C2=A0Comin= g up > with a good list of questions (see below) would take time. > > More than 55% of people answering survey wanted to have Git User's > Survey repeated, with below 1% of people who didn't want for there > to be next year survey. > > On the other hand one of common complaints was that the survey was > much too long, with around 60 questions (one question was split into > two). It was requested for survey in this year to have maximum 20 > questions. > > > So what I would like to have is to come up with a LIST OF QUESTIONS > and possible answers; I'd like to limit number of questions with > free-form part, and reduce number of free-form questions to absolute > minimum; they are pain to analyse with so large number of responses. > > Please write also _why_ you would want a question; what we can learn > from it, how it can help in developing git. > > Thanks in advance Personally I think last year's survey was great, but it was missing questions regarding git's user interface. How good is it? What would you improve, etc. --=20 =46elipe Contreras