On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> 2011/3/22 SZEDER Gábor <szeder@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:28:01AM +0100, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: > >> > > But even so, at least 25% of the git user base is on Windows, >> > > according to the latest Git User Survey. That makes this stuff matter. >> > >> > The other point of view is that it will cause a regression without a >> > compensating benefit for maybe more than 75% of the user base ;) > > [...] >> (Warning: speculation ahead) >> Also, I suspect the numbers of Windows developers are >> underrepresented, for two reasons; >> - I suspect that Windows developers are less likely to be subscribed >> to the mailing lists where the Git User Survey are promoted. >> - I suspect that most Windows users use EITHER Cygwin OR MinGW, but I >> intentionally picked the largest of the Windows categories instead of >> adding them up because the Git User Survey allowed people to answer >> both MinGW and Cygwin. >> >> User Survey people, if your read this: please have a separate >> operating system question next year. It's very valuable information! > > This information can be extracted from survey data, so there is no > need for separate question. > > Prior to adding this information to GitSurvey2010 page on git wiki, > > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitSurvey2010#09._On_which_operating_system.28s.29_do_you_use_Git.3F > https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php?title=GitSurvey2010&diff=14112&oldid=12212 > > you could get this information by going to 'Analysis' page > > http://tinyurl.com/GitSurvey2010Analysis > > selecting last filter: 'F13 - OS: MS Windows (any)', writing down > number of responses: 2671, and calculating percentage relative to > number of all responses to Q9, i.e. 8541, and you get 31.27% of > people using Git on MS Windows (not counting 'other, please specify' > responses, but they are very few). > > Or you could have extracted this information from responses data, > which is available on GitSurvey2010 page... > OK. Thanks for explaining this :) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html