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

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Wed Apr 4 17:23:35 CEST 2007


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 randomly selected -- they're the people who care enough to
> answer.

Not only that, the few I have even bothered trying to answer I've given 
up on after my reaction to the first half a dozen questions involved 
variations on the phrase "Well, it depends on exactly what you mean by 
term <insert jargon/buzzword here>".

Cheers,
Nick.

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