From: Brian de Alwis Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 00:02:57 GMT Subject: Survey on DVCS usage and experience Message-ID: <75599A84-8A53-4DA4-A022-1BEF4EEDA943@usask.ca> Hello everybody. I'm part of a team conducting a survey to understand the perceived benefits and challenges of using a decentralized or distributed version control systems (DVCS) in software development. Presuming that most people on this list have used a DVCS :) we would like to invite all people over 18 years old to participate in our survey and share your experiences. Details on partcipating are below. Thanks for your time! Brian. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- An increasing number of software projects have or are considering switching their code repositories to a decentralized or distributed VCS (DVCS). There are many such DVCS tools, including git, bzr, mercurial, monotone, or bitkeeper. We are conducting a survey to assess the perceived benefits and challenges of using a DVCS. We would ask that any individuals who use or are comfortable using a DVCS for managing the artifacts for a project to please consider completing the survey. The survey has several open-ended questions, and may take up to 20 minutes to complete. The data collected from this study will be used in articles for publication in journals and conference proceedings. The results of this study will provide additional knowledge and guidance for projects considering moving to using a DVCS. This is an anonymous survey. Any personal information divulged in answering a question will be kept strictly confidential. The survey is at: http://www.cs.usask.ca/~bsd178/research/dvcs-survey/ Please feel free to redistribute this to other interested groups. If you would like more detail about the survey, or information not included here, please contact us. Brian de Alwis Department of Computer Science University of Saskatchewan brian.de.alwis@usask.ca This research has the ethical approval of the Research Ethics Office at the University of Saskatchewan. If you have any concerns about your treatment or rights as a research subject, please contact the office at 306-966-2084. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Brian de Alwis | HCI Lab | University of Saskatchewan On bike helmets: "If you think your hair is more important than your brain, you're probably right." (B. J. Wawrykow)