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Re: [RFC] Proposed questions for "Git User's Survey 2016"

From
Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 25, 2016, 14:53 UTC
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W dniu 22.08.2016 o 01:59, Andrew Ardill pisze:
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> On 21 August 2016 at 04:56, Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 25. What [channel(s)] do you use to request/get help about Git [(if any)]
> 
> It may also be useful to ask how people hear news about git, such as
> when a new release comes out. Not sure if worth a separate question,
> as there is a lot of crossover in the resources available for this and
> for requesting help, but knowing this information would help us
> understand what kinds of users are responding and which communication
> channels are effective for git news.

How would you propose such question would look like, and what proposed answers would be (if it were not a free-text / essay question)?

Note that there might be a problem of severe bias: people who heard
about Git User's Survey 2016 are probably ones that watch news about Git.
Still, it would be useful to know if people read RelNotes...
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> Related, it might be worth asking how often people upgrade their git
> clients and servers, particularly in corporate/managed environments.
> This question would ask two things, how long after a new release comes
> out do you install it, and do you install every update that comes out
> or do you skip versions. I suspect many would just use whatever is
> released in their distro and update at the same time as they update
> other packages, but it would be interesting to know if people, for
> example, only upgrade their managed environments every year/6 months
> or something to avoid introducing changes to their users.

That is, if people have a pattern to their upgrade of Git, and can tell how often they upgrade.

XX. How often you upgrade Git?
    (multiple choice or single choice?)
 * as soon as new version is released
 * when there is new binary package / distribution package
 * when updating distribution / system
 * around every month, or more often
 * around every 6 months or more often
 * I use what is installed on system
Something like that?
Regards,
-- 
Jakub Narębski
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  1. Jakub NarębskiAug 20, 2016
  2. Eric WongAug 20, 2016
  3. Jakub NarębskiAug 25, 2016
  4. Andrew ArdillAug 21, 2016
  5. Jakub NarębskiAug 25, 2016
  6. Andrew ArdillAug 26, 2016
  7. Jakub NarębskiAug 26, 2016
  8. Eric WongAug 26, 2016
  9. Jakub NarębskiAug 26, 2016
  10. Eric WongAug 28, 2016
  11. Jakub NarębskiAug 28, 2016
  12. [RFCv2] Proposed questions for "Git User's Survey 2016", take twoJakub Narębski, Aug 27, 2016
  13. [RFCv3] Proposed questions for "Git User's Survey 2016", take threeJakub Narębski, Sep 5, 2016
  14. Jakub NarębskiAug 26, 2016
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