Re: Documenting missing features

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I would document the module as it functions now, including the fact that data 
cannot be deleted from the module once it has been added.  I would leave out any 
promises that its function will change in a future release.  Then talk to 
whoever owns the development of the product, let them know the documentation 
exists and leave the decision as to whether it should be provided and where 
(user manual, appendix to same, readme file, etc.) to them.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Viv Crawford" <viv_crawford -at- hotmail -dot- com>
> We have a first release of a new piece of software due out in a couple of 
> weeks.
>
> There is a peripheral module that was added on at the last minute that is what 
> you might call incomplete in that I can add stuff in this module but I cannot 
> yet remove it. I'll be able to remove it in a future release, most likely the 
> next one.
>
> My question is about whether I should document that at the minute you cannot 
> remove these things.

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