Who sourceware users are (Was: Sourceware Survey 2026

[Dr Bean]

On Mon, 30 Mar 2026, Mark Wielaard via Cygwin wrote:

> On Fri, 2026-03-20 at 12:29 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > It is time for our yearly Sourceware Survey. The Sourceware Project
> > Leadership Committee would like to know who our users are, which
> > hosted projects they feel part of, what services they rely on and what
> > the priorities should be for our budget and new initiatives.

> > https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/rtRRt8nA6fCY7zD2zBG3dBMR

> Reminder: The Survey runs till this Friday
> https://sourceware.org/survey-2026

> > The survey will run for two weeks and contains 20 quick questions.
> > Please feel free to skip any question, for example if you don't use a
> > service or are not interested in a specific service or topic. Each
> > question has an "Other" option where you can add any suggestion you
> > have about improving the Sourceware services.

> > The overview page (where we will also publish the summary/results) is
> > here https://sourceware.org/survey-2026 the direct link to the form is
> > https://nextcloud.sfconservancy.org/apps/forms/s/rtRRt8nA6fCY7zD2zBG3dBMR

> > This survey is one way to give (anonymous) feedback on Sourceware. For
> > other ways to participate or to ask more specific questions see the
> > Sourceware organization contact options:
> > https://sourceware.org/mission.html#organization

> > Thanks,

> >  Frank Ch. Eigler, Ian Kelling, Ian Lance Taylor, Tom Tromey,
> >  Jon Turney, Mark J. Wielaard and Elena Zannoni

I took the survey last year, but I am not a maintainer, 
packager or direct downloader from sourceware, so I am not 
going to take it this year.

I try to keep informed about what is happening at 
sourceware, and am thankful for your support for cygwin 
and the other projects hosted there.

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