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[snip]

Given the mailing list and IRC are very heavily skewed (in very
> orthogonal directions!) .. how about we put a Very short (like <5
> question) survey before users download geda/pcb and we start to amass
>

It would be nice to know but I wouldn't do this.  New users have zero
commitment and everything you inflict on them before they get to get
started counts against you.  For web stuff they have people go through and
count the individual clicks required and if it gets too high the engineers
get told to try again.


> SOME kind of realistic data about who the users are, and very VERY
> roughly how they use geda. Possibly with a longer one on geda-project or
> something, I dunno.
>
> "We" really are pulling in all sorts of directions, and different devs
> have very different ideas about what a priority should be. Most are
> centered around some unique use-case or personal preference, which,
> whilst interesting, is very haphazard. Lets try and put some boundaries
>

There's not much to be done about this.  Volunteer devs are going to focus
on what they themselves need.  The best you can do is try to integrate
their contributions such that they are findable and usable.

Britton

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div>[snip]<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Given the mailing list and IRC are very heavily skewed (in very<br>
orthogonal directions!) .. how about we put a Very short (like &lt;5<br>
question) survey before users download geda/pcb and we start to amass<br></=
blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">It would be nice to know but I wo=
uldn&#39;t do this.=C2=A0 New users have zero commitment and everything you=
 inflict on them before they get to get started counts against you.=C2=A0 F=
or web stuff they have people go through and count the individual clicks re=
quired and if it gets too high the engineers get told to try again.</div><d=
iv>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
SOME kind of realistic data about who the users are, and very VERY<br>
roughly how they use geda. Possibly with a longer one on geda-project or<br=
>
something, I dunno.<br>
<br>
&quot;We&quot; really are pulling in all sorts of directions, and different=
 devs<br>
have very different ideas about what a priority should be. Most are<br>
centered around some unique use-case or personal preference, which,<br>
whilst interesting, is very haphazard. Lets try and put some boundaries<br>=
</blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"">There&#39;s not much to be done=
 about this.=C2=A0 Volunteer devs are going to focus on what they themselve=
s need.=C2=A0 The best you can do is try to integrate their contributions s=
uch that they are findable and usable.</div><div style=3D""><br></div><div =
style=3D"">Britton</div></div></div></div>

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