On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 13:42 -0800, Dan Mick wrote:
> Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> > Promoting these functions (or one with equivalent functionality) to a
> > public interface makes a lot more sense than having the installer team
> > hack up something fragile because the function isn't public.
>
> I didn't mean to imply there was no way out, just being accurate about
> the current situation.
It's IMHO very important to distinguish between things which are private
by design and things which are private because we haven't gotten around
to defining a public interface.
Folks who are not "on the inside" often treat a "no, you can't do it
that way right now" answer as a "no, you can't do that ever".
- Bill
