Re: A humble suggestion for Fedora

[Timothy Murphy <tim birdsnest maths tcd ie>]

Brandon Thomas wrote:

>> > Wouldn't it be nice if the Fedora installation
>> > asked for some feedback ...?
>> > 
>> > Eg, "Did you find installation easy (on a scale of 1 to 5)",
>> > "What problems (if any) did you have: None, Reading CDs, ...",
>> > "Do you any suggestions for improvement".
>> > 
>> Lord have mercy! no no no no no no no no
>> Let's not get dragged into this trend of software asking for feedback,
>> it's a real pain and I would consider this on the same level as Spam.
> I would strongly have to agree with not having a survey at the end of
> installation.  Perhaps though, maybe a web survey on the wiki might be
> possible?

I suspect that a large majority of Fedora users never look at the wiki,
so this would give a very skewed response.

When you say "survey" I had in mind
a "multiple choice" query form -
with perhaps a space at the end for "Any further comments".
Such a form could presumably be read automatically,
so the recipient would just know, say, that 30% of users
had some problem installing Fedora.

What exactly is wrong with asking, or getting, feedback?
The aim of Fedora is to serve the user, isn't it,
not the developer?

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