RE: How do I document vaporware?

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

 But I don't see where this is "programmer docs".  Sarah said:
"What would be the best way to mention these in user documentation?"

 - Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 
Susan W Gallagher
> 
> This is common in programmer docs. A simple "Not yet implemented" will
> suffice. Your software dev audience will nod their heads and move on.
> HTH
> -Sue Gallagher
> 
> 
> On 1/27/09, Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> wrote:
> >
> > Having spent half a week taking all references to a certain 
> feature OUT
> > of our software documentation, I am now informed that these 
> references
> > are "placeholders" for future development. This means that when our
> > users (other software developers) browse through the command line
> > interface or the help menu, they are going to find 
> undocumented commands
> > (that don't currently do anything anyway).
> >
> >
> >
> > There's no telling when these "features" are actually going to be
> > implemented (software design plan? We don't need no 
> stinking plan...).
> > What would be the best way to mention these in user 
> documentation? I am
> > afraid our users will be very confused when they happen across
> > undocumented commands. Has anyone else had to deal with 
> this? Thanks for
> > any feedback.
> >
> >
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