mike@edson.ee.UAlberta.ca (Mike P. Smith) (10/12/89)
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ACTC Technologies Inc. is conducting a survey on UNIX development
tools, specifically in the area of source code management and control
(SCMC).We are hoping to find out what tools are currently used in the
UNIX environment and what functionality users would expect future tools
to provide. This is not a marketing survey.
We would appreciate your response to this survey before the closing date
of October 18, 1989. Your answers should be made by placing an X or a
check mark in the spaces provided.
Your completed survey can be mailed electronically to
alberta!edson!mike (UUCP address)
or
you can mail your response via the postal service to:
ACTC Technologies Inc.
Att: Doug Howe
350, 6715 - 8th Street N.E.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2E 7H7
Tel: (403) 295-5932
Thank you for your participation.
1. What position do you hold with your organization?
__ Project Manager __ Project Leader
__ Programmer __ Student
__ Professor
Others (please specify) _________________________
2. How many years of UNIX experience do you have?
__ less than 1 year __ 1-3 years
__ 4 or more years
3. How many people are usually assigned to the software
development/maintenance projects on which you work?
__ 4 or less __ 5-9
__ 10 or more
4. How are you currently using distributed or external file
systems that you may have? Choose one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ For a centralized backup
__ For centralized storage
__ For enlarging your file system
__ Jointly with a distributed data base structure
Others (please specify) _____________________________
____________________________ _____________________________
5. How do you plan to use distributed or external file systems
in the future? Choose one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ For a centralized backup
__ For centralized storage
__ For enlarging your file system
__ Jointly with a distributed data base structure
Others (please specify) _____________________________
____________________________ _____________________________
6. What method are you using to access your external or distributed
file systems? Choose one or more.
__ Network File System (NFS) compatible
__ Remote File System (RFS) compatible
__ Andrew (AFS) compatible
Other (please specify)
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7. Are you currently using or planning to use a Local Area
Network in the support of your software development
activities?
__ Yes __ No
8. Which types of systems do you use in your software development
activities? Choose one or more.
__ Stand Alone Workstations __ Stand Alone Mainframes / Minis
__ LANs of Workstations __ Networks of Mainframes / Minis
__ LANs connected to Mainframes / Minis
Others (please specify) _____________________________
____________________________ _____________________________
9. Indicate your usage of the following types of SCMC (source code
management and control) tools.
(using 0 Never, 1 Seldom, 2 Most of the time, 3 Always)
__ Editors
__ Regeneration Tools
__ Source Code or Version Control Tools
__ Project Management Tools
Others (please specify)
__ ____________________________
__ ____________________________
__ ____________________________
10. Do you require that your SCMC tools allow for simultaneous
modifications by multiple developers?
__ Yes __ No
__ Not Applicable
11. Do your SCMC tools store their information in a data base?
__ Yes __ No
__ Not Applicable
12. Are the formats of the information stored by any of
your SCMC tools public?
__ Yes __ No
__ Not Applicable
13. What type of security do you require for your software
development activities? Choose one or more.
__ Individual user access __ Group specific access
__ Version access __ Password protected access
Others (please specify) _______________________
__________________________ _______________________
14. Which source code or version control tools do you use?
__ none __ SCCS
__ RCS __ Internally Developed
Others (please specify) ______________________
__________________________ ______________________
15. What information does your source code or version control
system store? Choose one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ Author __ Creation Date / Time
__ Modification Date / Time __ Modification Author
__ Access Information __ Locking Information
__ Who / When Approved __ Who / When Audited
__ Reasons for Changes __ Functional Specifications
__ Design Specifications __ Test Plans
__ Password Protection
Others (please specify) _______________________
___________________________ _______________________
16. What information would you expect future source code or version
control systems to store? Choose one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ Author __ Creation Date / Time
__ Modification Date / Time __ Modification Author
__ Access Information __ Locking Information
__ Who / When Approved __ Who / When Audited
__ Reasons for Changes __ Functional Specifications
__ Design Specifications __ Test Plans
__ Password Protection
Others (please specify) _______________________
___________________________ _______________________
17. The information you defined above should be recorded at which
of the following levels? Choose one or more.
__ File Level __ Line Level
__ Character Level
Others (please specify) ________________________
___________________________ ________________________
18. Which of the following functions are performed by the source
code or version control system you use? Choose one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ Version Freezing __ Version Regeneration
__ Version Creation __ Version Merging
__ Conflict Detection __ Supply an Audit Trail
__ Source Code Locking
Others (please specify) ________________________
___________________________ ________________________
19. Which of the following functions would you expect to be performed
by future source code or version control systems? Choose
one or more.
__ Not Applicable
__ Version Freezing __ Version Regeneration
__ Version Creation __ Version Merging
__ Conflict Detection __ Supply an Audit Trail
__ Source Code Locking
Others (please specify) ________________________
___________________________ ________________________
20. How would you prefer to interface with a source control system?
Choose one or more.
__ Command Level __ Via your tools
__ As a Subsystem __ Transparently (managed by system)
Others (please specify) ______________________________
___________________________ ______________________________
21. Which tool do you primarily use for the automatic regeneration
of your software systems?
__ none __ Make
__ Augmake __ GNUmake
__ Shell Scripts __ Internally developed
Others (please specify) ______________________________
22. Which tool do you use as your primary editor?
__ VI __ Emacs
__ Brief __ EC Editor
__ Fred
Others (please specify) ____________________________
23. Where does interaction occur between the SCMC tools you are
currently using?
Between:
__ Not Applicable
__ Editor and Source Code Control tool
__ Editor and Regeneration tool
__ Regeneration tool and Source Code Control tool
Others (please specify)
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24. Where would you expect the interaction to occur between the
SCMC tools you will use in the future?
Between:
__ Not Applicable
__ Editor and Source Code Control tool
__ Editor and Regeneration tool
__ Regeneration tool and Source Code Control tool
Others (please specify)
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25. Where do you see UNIX to be limited in the support of your
current or future development needs? Choose one or more.
__ Not Limiting
__ Security __ File System Security
__ Applications __ User Interface
__ Source Code or Version Control __ Editors
__ External Files System Support __ Distributed File System
Support
__ Regeneration of Software Systems __ Multiple Machine Type
Connectability
Others (please specify) ____________________________
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Registered Trade Marks used in this document are owned by:
NFS - Sun Micro Systems
RFS - AT&T
UNIX - AT&T
RCS - AT&T