[Python-Dev] Survey on DVCS usage and experience

[Brian de Alwis]

Hello everybody.  I'm Brett's former lab-mate, and am 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.

With Python having recently chosen to switch to Mercurial, I hoped
that any developers who've used a DVCS (and who are over 18 years
old) might like to participate in our survey and share your
experiences.  (We followed your extensive discussions on the switch
with great interest.)  Details on partcipating are below.  Thanks
for your time!

Brian.

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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.al...@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.

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-- 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)


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Re: [Python-Dev] Survey on DVCS usage and experience

[Brian de Alwis]

On 28-May-09, at 9:35 PM, Senthil Kumaran  wrote:

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 06:02:57PM -0600, Brian de Alwis wrote:


With Python having recently chosen to switch to Mercurial, I hoped
that any developers who've used a DVCS (and who are over 18 years
old) might like to participate in our survey and share your


Just curious. Why is this age restriction?  You might miss out few
key developers...


It's a restriction required to obtain approval from our research  
ethics board -- people under 18 are considered to be minors in Canada  
and thus require the consent of their guardian to participate. Trying  
to obtain such permission for an anonymous survey is a bit difficult!   
Although we could work around this guardian-consent issue in theory,  
doing so would require jumping through several additional hoops in the  
ethics process and would take significantly more time.


Brian. 
 
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