On 7/30/07, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote: > > On 7/27/07, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> 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 - 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
