GCC Developer Collaboration Patterns

[codeface <codeface at fim dot uni-passau dot de>]

Dear GCC Developers,

The University of Passau is currently studying the mechanisms that  
contribute to effective collaboration in open-source projects so that  
appropriate tools and techniques are created to support the needs of  
open-source developers. To achieve this goal, we are evaluating the  
usefulness of software archives (e.g., mailing lists, version-control  
system, and bug tracker) to quantitatively model social relationships  
and collaborative patterns in open-source projects. The culmination of  
this effort is an open-source project called Codeface, which is a  
framework and web front-end for analyzing social and technical aspects  
of software development. To learn more about Codeface, please visit  
http://siemens.github.io/codeface.

We are now recruiting open-source developers to participate in a short  
survey. The survey is composed of 4 questions and takes about *5  
minutes* to complete. We ensure that all of your information will be  
kept confidential and will only be used for scientific research  
purposes. There is no commercial interest in the results. We are  
merely interested in learning about your collaborative experiences as  
an open-source developer.

To access the survey, please click on the link below.
http://rfhinf067.hs-regensburg.de:8080/login.html

We highly appreciate your efforts, and we sincerely hope that you will  
take the time to participate. Upon completion of the survey, you may  
include your e-mail address so that we can send you the anonymized  
survey results.

We would also like to express our gratitude for support from Siemens  
Corporate Research and University of Applied Sciences Regensburg.


Sincerely,

Mitchell Joblin

PhD Student
Department of Informatics and Mathematics
University of Passau