Re: [RFC] Questions for Git User's Survey 2010
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> Jakub Narebski wrote
>
> | 19. In your opinion, which areas in Git need improvement?
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | Please state your preference.
> | (matrix)
> |
> | Columns: don't need / a little / some / much
> | --------------------------------------------
> | + user-interface
> | + documentation
> | + performance
> | + more features
> | + tools (e.g. GUI)
> | + localization (translation)
> | + community (mailing list)
> | + community (IRC)
>
> Adding a «don't know/don't care» option here might be useful, since
> somebody might not be using the mailing lists and so doesn't know or
> care if they need improvement.
Good idea. You can always choose not to answer (not to select a
column), but it is hard to back out if you accidentally selected some
column.
> | Changes in Git (since year ago, or since you started using it)
> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |
> | 20. Did you participate in previous Git User's Surveys?
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | (multiple choice)
> |
> | + in 2006
> | + in 2007
> | + in 2008
> | + in 2009
> | + none of the above (this is my first Git User's Survey)
>
> Add a «I don't remember, but I've participated in the past»?
Good catch.
> [...]
>
> | 25. What channel(s) do you use to request help about git?
> | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | (multiple choice, with other)
> |
> | + git mailing list (git@vger.kernel.org)
> | + msysGit mailing list / Google Group
> | + "Git for Human Beings" Google Group
> | + IRC (#git)
> | + IRC (other git/SCM related, e.g. #github)
>
> Perhaps add «IRC (other)» too?
>
> | + request in blog post or on wiki
> | + asking git guru/colleague
> | + project mailing list, or IRC, or forum
Then there is above answer... but perhaps adding "IRC (other)" like you
proposed and removing 'IRC' from above choice would be a better
solution.
> | + Twitter or other microblogging platform
> | + instant messaging (IM) like XMPP/Jabber
>
> XMPP/Jabber can be both one-on-one and chat rooms, even if MUCs aren't
> very much used (yet), I don't know if you care about this.
I don't much care.
>
> Thanks for doing this survey, I've found reading the results
> interesting in the past and hope to do so this time around as well.
You are welcome.
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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