Kevin Carillo
- Website: kevincarillo.org
- About: I am a PhD student doing some research about free/open source software communities. I am interested in newcomer experience and the concept of citizenship in FOSS.
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Commented on Preliminary results - Survey about Newcomer experience in Perl + One week reminder
Thank you for your suggestion. I agree that pie charts have a several drawbacks. I simply wanted here to give a rough ideas about proportions. This post is just some quick summary of the temporary results (after one week). When...
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Posted Preliminary results - Survey about Newcomer experience in Perl + One week reminder to Kevin Carillo
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Commented on Newcomer experience and contributor behavior in Perl and other FOSS communities - Survey
This does sound that there has been some tension between the Perl 5 and Perl 6 people. I was not aware of it. I guess I have not made myself clear in the previous comment. I do consider Perl 5...
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Commented on Newcomer experience and contributor behavior in Perl and other FOSS communities - Survey
Thanks for that. The survey does differentiate Perl 5 to Perl 6. I have to admit that I was not aware that there was such a difference in culture. I sincerely hope I will get data from both so that...
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Posted Newcomer experience and contributor behavior in Perl and other FOSS communities - Survey to Kevin Carillo
My name is Kevin Carillo. I am a PhD student currently living in Wellington (New Zealand) and I am doing some research on Free/Open Source Software communities.
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Perl 6 Reports commented on
Newcomer experience and contributor behavior in Perl and other FOSS communities - Survey
At the moment Perl 6 is akin to a sub-project with a goal very pertinent to your survey. As Larry Wall said in 2000: "I want Perl 6 to be the community's rewrite of ... the community."
Things haven't yet (12 years later!) panned out as he hoped. In particular, it's taken longer than the couple years some folk (not Larry!) claimed it would take.
So the Perl 6 software has continued to mature, and the community vibe has always been very welcoming to all comers, but many vocal Perl 5 users regularly "hate on" Perl 6 because it's late, which kinda kills participation, which makes…
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