Whoops. With multiple concurrent choices, the data won't tell me about "user count", as designed. *sigh*. However, your survey could still be useful, because it can gather information about all of the platforms on which OpenOCD is being used (if people figure out they can fill in their own "other" value). I am still not convinced though....
Taking a step back, it would be nice to simplify the problems somewhat: 1) which OS? 2) which version of that OS? 3) how many bits in that version of the OS (i.e. 32 or 64)? And upon seeing that complexity, I immediately realize that this kind of survey might better be added to OpenOCD itself: openocd --version A few simple system calls, and bang-o -- we have output that can be sent via 'openocd --version | sendmail "openocd-vers...@nowhere.just.yet."' That can also be wrapped with 'make reportversion'.... :) Thoughts? Zach On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 16:12 -0500, Dean Glazeski wrote: > This poll does allow you to vote for more than one choice and the > other is actually has an input box so people can enter something if it > isn't there. Not sure if that's the best, but I've never made a > survey before :). > > // Dean > > On 06/25/2009 08:16 PM, Zach Welch wrote: > > Thanks for the constructive alternative; I knew someone would fine one. > > This would be acceptable too, except it can be gamed. Unfortunately, > > this is a tricky proposition... I am not sure if on-line voting can be > > fully trusted in any form at this point in time, even with registration. > > So, we might as well give this a try. > > > > Also, the alternatives you provided do not seem too specific. If we > > want such detailed data, I would rather see them grouped w/o 32/64-bit > > and get that data point a separate poll question. I have a feeling > > there will be a significant number of "Other" users. For right now, the > > most important number is the total user base. How big is the community? > > > > So, everyone go there and try to vote. Let's give it a try. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Zach > > > > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 14:52 -0500, Dean Glazeski wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Here's some random place I found that hosts polls. See if you can > > > vote here. It doesn't appear to require a login to work: > > > > > > http://www.freepollhosting.com/directory.php?id=437&page=6&pop= > > > > > > The site seems still beta, but it should be able to house the poll at > > > the very least. > > > > > > // Dean > > > > > > On 06/25/2009 05:32 PM, Zach Welch wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 19:19 +0200, Michael Schwingen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zach Welch wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Fischer posted the following survey on the SparkFun forum: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://forum.sparkfun.com/viewtopic.php?t=16044 > > > > > > > > > > > > Please _everyone_ register (sorry) and tell us what host OS you > > > > > > want to > > > > > > use OpenOCD with. It's not scientific or accurate, but comments > > > > > > could > > > > > > help fill in information gaps that the numbers would fail to > > > > > > capture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > this sounds a bit over the top to me - *register* at a forum I don't > > > > > need, just to participate in a poll? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And I _asked_ for alternate suggestions. What would you have me do? > > > > > > > > --Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Openocd-development mailing list > > > > Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de > > > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
