Re: [RFH] Questions for Git User's Survey 2009

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 30, 2009, 09:45 UTC
Message-ID: <94a0d4530905300245nc3b46b7p6a29fbee2cebf8cd@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200905301139.26737.jnareb@gmail.com>

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, 30 May 2009, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>> On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>> > So what I would like to have is to come up with a LIST OF QUESTIONS
>> > and possible answers; I'd like to limit number of questions with
>> > free-form part, and reduce number of free-form questions to absolute
>> > minimum; they are pain to analyse with so large number of responses.
>> >
>> > Please write also _why_ you would want a question; what we can learn
>> > from it, how it can help in developing git.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance
>>
>> Personally I think last year's survey was great, but it was missing
>> questions regarding git's user interface. How good is it? What would
>> you improve, etc.
>
> The problem with this question is that it is free-form question (and
> not single or multiple choice one). With more than 3000 responses to
> last year survey free-form questions are not summarized till now.
> I'd rather limit number of free-form questions to absolute minimum.
>
> Hmmm... I wonder if the trend would continue, and we would get around
> 15,000 responses to this year survey (if there would be one)...

Yes free-form questions should be reduced, but IMHO this one should
stay. If there's only 2 free-form questions I'd pick
 * What would you improve in git's UI?
 * Any words you want to share with git developers?

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Felipe Contreras