Good point. 

Will omit that second line. 

Thanks
Margot


James Carlson wrote:
> [I know you're looking for a vote here and not more discussion, but I
> don't think the text matches up yet.]
>
> Margot Miller writes:
>   
>> There is quite a bit of FOSS out there with no interface stability
>> in the external Sun documentation.  This is not a problem for Sun
>> project teams as they can always look at the interface tables in
>> the ARC tables to determine stability level.
>>     
>
> It's a problem for Sun project teams as well.  "Public" stability
> levels require that the interface and its stability are properly
> documented.  That reference documentation is part of the definition of
> "Public."
>
> The ARC materials help us review things to make sure that all is as
> expected, but I think the idea that we might _force_ project teams to
> dumpster dive through /shared/sac for basic interface documentation
> due to inadequacies in the delivered material is wrong on several
> counts.
>
> As with many things, this is not a peculiar problem with FOSS.  It's a
> problem with differing kinds of documentation, regardless of who is
> the author and whether or not that author is a Sun employee.
>
> Jim "getting tired of FOSS claiming itself to be special" Carlson ;-}
>
>   


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