On 27/06/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
let me remove ksk-93....
"Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joerg, you are a broken record.
>
> We know the cases weren't open, they will be going forward as much as
possible.
>
> Instead of spending all your time complaining about the past, can you
> please start working on a plan to move forward to the future?
>
> The point is that like it or not, undisclosed, relied upon
> functionality has shipped, and has been shipping for a very long time
> now.
>
> The ship has sailed, the milk is spilled, the egg is cracked, the fat
> lady has sung.
>
> What do you plan to do now?
Well, as I mentioned, the trusted extentions for Sun tar are undocumented.
It seems that there is no need to have them (at least in the wway they
are currently implemented). Customers may only ask to keep documented
features to stay stable and compatible.
Going this way would save at least half of the effort.
I don't know that what you say is necessarily true. Undocumented
features are sometimes the most important ones to keep for backwards
compatibility. Especially when it comes to programs like tar which
people often use to do "backups."
Any engineers that can speak for this point?
--
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. " --Donald Knuth
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