Re: How do I document vaporware?

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

When I have topics on a menu that don't have functionality, I just say
"Currently underdevelopment", if I think it will be done in the next year,
"For ABC use only", if it may be something a client will never use (we tend
to dial into client systems and run special utilities in some situations, or
"Not Currently Available" if I don't when it will be developed.

Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario


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On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:46 PM, 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).
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> 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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> Sarah Stegall
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