[webkit-dev] Version control survey results

[Eric Seidel]

I wonder if the git-taking-over-the-project trend has continued a year later.

I'm also glad to see efforts like
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110073 towards standardizing
on a simpler git workflow. :)

Thanks again for running the survey.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Adam Barth wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>>> I made a bad choice of survey site. They want to charge me to see more than
>>> 100 responses or to export the data, but they won't take my money. Sadness.
>>> Please try this survey instead, it will run through the 17th.
>>
>> The survey seems to be over.  Any word on the results?
>
> Here's the results:
>
> == All persons responding ==
>
> Total responses: 167
> Use SVN only: 24 (14%)
> Use SVN+ Git: 26 (16%)
> Use Git Only: 115 (69%)
> Other: 2 (1%)
>
> == Only committers + reviewers ==
>
> Total responses: 105
> Use SVN only: 18 (17%)
> Use SVN+ Git: 21 (20%)
> Use Git Only: 65 (62%)
> Other: 1 (1%)
>
> == Only reviewers ==
>
> Total responses: 48
> Use SVN only: 12 (25%)
> Use SVN+ Git: 13 (27%)
> Use Git Only: 22 (45%)
> Other: 1 (2%)
>
> == Values of "other" responses ==
>
> 1 "git-svn"
> 1 "Commit queue + trac"
>
> == Conclusions (assuming the sample is representative) ==
>
> - More of the WebKit community uses Git than SVN to access the WebKit repository
> - Quite a few people use both
> - A significant proportion of the community uses SVN, and a significant fraction of those use it exclusively
> - Reviewers (presumably longer-time, more experienced contributors) are more likely to use SVN than newer contributors
> - Newer participants are particularly likely to use Git
>
>
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