Re: Research on NetBeans contribution practises @UnivHelsinkiCS

Emilian Bold <[email protected]> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 18:08:37 +0200
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I see this as a branch of anthropology.

NetBeans has been very kind and responded to such inquires throughout the
years and in turn we traditionally get such requests.

I don't believe we learned much from this, we just gained goodwill in some
academic niche.

--emi

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Wade Chandler <[email protected]>
wrote:

> What is the hypothesis? If not testing one, then what is the goal and
> reasoning of your research? It is generally good etiquette to present som=
e
> open reasoning for participation in such a survey.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wade
>
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2017, at 02:26, geertjan wielenga <[email protected]=
m>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> So your report will be out of date when you publish it? I recommend you g=
o
> with the way NetBeans will be when you publish the report, i.e., an Apach=
e
> project, which means "2 Open for any accredited individual" for all the
> categories.
>
> Gj
>
> On 31-1-2017 7:46, Hanna M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4 wrote:
>
> Hi Gj,
> Thanks for the reply, what you said is actually very interesting. Aim of
> our research case will then be to record the state of affairs before the
> transformation.
>
> Could somebody help me with the questions please?
>
> Kindly,
> Hanna
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 22:18, geertjan wielenga
> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> NetBeans is currently moving to Apache and all the Apache rules and
> processes will apply to it.
>
> Gj
>
> On 30-1-2017 17:03, "M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4 , Hanna M K" wrote:
>
> Dear recipients,
> I am currently doing research on governance practises of Eclipse,
> Netbeans, Qt and GTK+ projects. So far my team has observed online
> documents in search of policies and guidelines. However,  using several
> viewpoints would increase validity of our results.
>
> We would greatly appreciate if somebody from within the developer
> organisation could contribute to our case study by answering the followin=
g
> questions:
>
> A Who can contribute to software code?
> B Who can accept code contributions?
> C Who can impact prioritization of work requests?
> D Who can verify defect reports?
> E Who can test code contributions?
>
> F Who knows about the integration process of code contributions?
> G Who knows what is on the product roadmap?
> H Who knows timing and content of releases?
> I Who knows priorities of work issues?
>
> These should be answered as:
>
> 0 Closed from outsiders
> 1 Open for only an exclusive set of people
> 2 Open for any accredited individual
> 3 Open for anybody
>
> I greatly value your contribution. Should you have any questions, please
> don=E2=80=99t hesitate to ask.
>
> Kind regards,
> Hanna M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4
> Researcher, Doctoral Student
> University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science (Home of Linux).
>
> hannakala@Skype
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannakala
>
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I see this as a branch of=C2=A0anthropology.<div><br></div=
><div>NetBeans has been very kind and responded to such inquires throughout=
 the years and in turn we traditionally get such requests.</div><div><br></=
div><div>I don&#39;t believe we learned much from this, we just gained good=
will in some academic niche.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div clas=
s=3D"m_-888229578262792779gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signatur=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>--emi<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Wade Chandl=
er <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=
=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"><div>What is the hypo=
thesis? If not testing one, then what is the goal and reasoning of your res=
earch? It is generally good etiquette to present some open reasoning for pa=
rticipation in such a survey.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><b=
r></div><div>Wade</div><div><div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779h5"><div><di=
v style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style=
:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-h=
eight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-spa=
ce:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><br class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-=
388674537097672077Apple-interchange-newline">
</div>

<br><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Jan 31, 2017, at 02:26, geertjan=
 wielenga &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_bl=
ank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br class=3D"m_-88822=
9578262792779m_-388674537097672077Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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    <br>
    <br>
    So your report will be out of date when you publish it? I recommend
    you go with the way NetBeans will be when you publish the report,
    i.e., an Apache project, which means &quot;2 Open for any accredited
    individual&quot; for all the categories.<br>
    <br>
    Gj<br>
    <br>
    <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077moz-cite-prefix=
">On 31-1-2017 7:46, Hanna M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4 wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
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      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px">Hi Gj,</div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px">Thanks for the reply, what=
 you said is
        actually very interesting. Aim of our research case will then be
        to record the state of affairs before the transformation. =C2=A0<br=
>
      </div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px"><br>
      </div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px">Could somebody help me wit=
h the questions
        please?</div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px"><br>
      </div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px">Kindly,</div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px">Hanna</div>
      <div class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077crea-font-wra=
pper" style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:16px"><br>
        <br>
        On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 22:18, geertjan wielenga
        <a class=3D"m_-888229578262792779m_-388674537097672077moz-txt-link-=
rfc2396E" href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">&l=
t;[email protected]&gt;</a> wrote:
        <blockquote>
          <div style=3D"background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br>
            <br>
            NetBeans is currently moving to Apache and all the Apache
            rules and processes will apply to it.<br>
            <br>
            Gj<br>
            <br>
            <div>On 30-1-2017 17:03, &quot;M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4 , Hanna M=
 K&quot; wrote:<br>
            </div>
            <blockquote type=3D"cite"> Dear recipients,
              <div>
                <div>I am currently doing research on governance
                  practises of Eclipse, Netbeans, Qt and GTK+ projects.
                  So far my team has observed online documents in search
                  of policies and guidelines. However, =C2=A0using several
                  viewpoints would increase validity of our results.=C2=A0<=
/div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>We would greatly appreciate if somebody from within
                  the developer organisation could contribute to our
                  case study by answering the following questions:</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>A Who can contribute to software code?<br>
                  B Who can accept code contributions?<br>
                  C Who can impact prioritization of work requests?<br>
                  D Who can verify defect reports?<br>
                  E Who can test code contributions?<br>
                  <br>
                  F Who knows about the integration process of code
                  contributions?<br>
                  G Who knows what is on the product roadmap?<br>
                  H Who knows timing and content of releases?<br>
                  I Who knows priorities of work issues?</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>These should be answered as:</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>0 Closed from outsiders</div>
                <div>1 Open for only an exclusive set of people</div>
                <div>2 Open for any accredited individual</div>
                <div>3 Open for anybody</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>I greatly value your contribution. Should you have
                  any questions, please don=E2=80=99t hesitate to ask.=C2=
=A0</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>Kind regards,</div>
                <div>Hanna M=C3=A4enp=C3=A4=C3=A4</div>
                <div>Researcher, Doctoral Student</div>
                <div>University of Helsinki, Department of Computer
                  Science (Home of Linux).</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>hannakala@Skype</div>
                <div><a href=3D"https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannakala" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/ha<wbr>nnakala</a></div>
              </div>
            </blockquote>
            <br>
          </div>
        </blockquote>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
  </div>

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