Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread Brett Cannon
On 4/4/07, A.M. Kuchling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:07:18PM +1000, Anthony Baxter wrote: > This one was at least personally addressed > (well, to "Python Contributors"), which is a step ahead of most of > them. What gets me is that such surveys are invalid because the

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread Nick Coghlan
A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:07:18PM +1000, Anthony Baxter wrote: >> This one was at least personally addressed >> (well, to "Python Contributors"), which is a step ahead of most of >> them. > > What gets me is that such surveys are invalid because the respondents > aren't

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread Steve Holden
A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:07:18PM +1000, Anthony Baxter wrote: >> This one was at least personally addressed >> (well, to "Python Contributors"), which is a step ahead of most of >> them. > > What gets me is that such surveys are invalid because the respondents > aren't

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread skip
amk> ... no one has analyzed it; they're just *accumulating* the data. amk> It's stamp collecting as computer science. +1 QOTF. Skip ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 04:07:18PM +1000, Anthony Baxter wrote: > This one was at least personally addressed > (well, to "Python Contributors"), which is a step ahead of most of > them. What gets me is that such surveys are invalid because the respondents aren't randomly selected -- they're the

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-04 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Anthony Baxter writes: > Just a random aside - is anyone else getting increasingly annoyed by > these mass-mailed out survey requests from students? Annoyed, not particularly. Scared, yes: it's long been known that a field=FIELD is moribund when people start getting "PhDs in FIELD" for disser

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-03 Thread Georg Brandl
Anthony Baxter schrieb: > On Wednesday 04 April 2007 14:44, Anu Gupta DCSA wrote: >> Dear Python Contributors, >> >> I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect >> fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in >> Free/Open Source software development or maintenence >> in carry

Re: [Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-03 Thread Anthony Baxter
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 14:44, Anu Gupta DCSA wrote: > Dear Python Contributors, > > I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect > fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in > Free/Open Source software development or maintenence > in carrying out a study on practices and

[Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-04-03 Thread Anu Gupta DCSA
Dear Python Contributors, I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in Free/Open Source software development or maintenence in carrying out a study on practices and problems of defect management in various Free/Open Source Soft

[Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-02-27 Thread Anu Gupta DCSA
Sir/Madam I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in Free/Open Source software development or maintenence in carrying out a study to identify practices and problems of defect management in various Free/Open Source Software pr

[Python-Dev] A Survey on Defect Management Practices in Free/Open Source Software

2007-02-19 Thread Anu Gupta DCSA
Hi Python developers I seek help from designers, developers, testers,defect fixers,project managers or playing any other key role in Free/Open Source software development or maintenence in carrying out a study to identify practices and problems of defect management in various Free/Open Source