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 12:45:14 +0300 Message-ID: <94a0d4530905300245nc3b46b7p6a29fbee2cebf8cd@mail.gmail.com> References: <200905291855.03328.jnareb@gmail.com> <94a0d4530905300153l361ed7d9l4376cb4c85001772@mail.gmail.com> <200905301139.26737.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat May 30 11:45:25 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 1MAL81-0001lQ-4M for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sat, 30 May 2009 11:45:25 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755327AbZE3JpP (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 05:45:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754355AbZE3JpP (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 05:45:15 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.158]:57539 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753791AbZE3JpO (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 May 2009 05:45:14 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so195718fga.17 for ; Sat, 30 May 2009 02:45:14 -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=bhyI9PqG+rN7wDZJorBAl7st1qLC75StaMcMQViD6Aw=; b=W/mVpCyVcfpFRWkFMkfklLk22SHPYtc2N1HYOu8VTObvdyEIi+DNftXHd/jFJ9vQvQ tGbJKIldzCd0suzYcFdzGu0Ha7sGX9TDapbpsPyyO/xUCPG+MMVYygbFgQioe86vjhM5 1A3sT8jBCrINvYP8ru4JjKc3Xz6TpF7ygPljU= 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=Jk7NjGHaRWDkXZdpNx21/2s90NNg/etAmVQz5gct8j2TAbN8cjyTT12+XPXXeaL857 PCMIEECHXbb5CgJCv3/8gRG6lfqbIrHAS3tlWqEypFLv5Uvlrz7J0oyKITZeYtBKlGw2 1AULZhjsfljKlJk0VyTr5dU+9+HkwNS++YhkQ= Received: by 10.86.31.19 with SMTP id e19mr3900915fge.24.1243676714705; Sat, 30 May 2009 02:45:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200905301139.26737.jnareb@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: > On Sat, 30 May 2009, Felipe Contreras wrote: >> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Jakub Narebski wrote: > > [...] >> > 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. > > The problem with this question is that it is free-form question (and > not single or multiple choice one). With more than 3000 responses to > last year survey free-form questions are not summarized till now. > I'd rather limit number of free-form questions to absolute minimum. > > Hmmm... I wonder if the trend would continue, and we would get around > 15,000 responses to this year survey (if there would be one)... Yes free-form questions should be reduced, but IMHO this one should stay. If there's only 2 free-form questions I'd pick * What would you improve in git's UI? * Any words you want to share with git developers? -- Felipe Contreras