> James' code isn't undocumented, but there are various uncommented members,
> so Peter is trying to complete the documentation.  The same can be said of
> org.apache.poi.  For example, AbstractFunctionPtg is missing javadocs for a
> number of members.

I'll bite...

While this is a tad offtopic...

<soap-box>

For one, some of the members are deliberately uncommented (I don't do
inherited members as the javadoc will override the parent's).

However, POI will not have a release with formulas enabled by default 
until its fixed.  It will have "development builds" (alphas or 
"milestones") until then, but thats it.  Why: its not of release 
quality.  As evidence, formula support is still in early beta.

So Noel, how long did it take you to find a class to use as an example, 
or did you just go down the left nav in alphabetical order? That one is 
a few layers deep and in the most beta of code!  I'm impressed at your 
resolve!  If you can find others I'll make a list of them and make sure 
I catch them all before +1'ing our next release.

To take THAT a step further, some of the committers of POI would like a 
policy of requiring a unit test per class before release!  That will 
likely pass for our 3.0 release.  We'll probably need a few enhancements 
to Centipede to support "test-first" a little better before we draft that.

Just FYI, the policy on this is covered here: 
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/resolutions/res001.html

and more or less here:

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/source.html

Its a quality thing.

</soapbox>

Anyhow, I'm just a guy trying to make hide or hair of james.  My opinion 
shouldn't count for much, but I'll NEVER understand your position that 
javadoc isn't important enough to hold up a formal release.  (I already 
said milestone and dev releases are reasonable, but I don't think YOU 
gave it a close read)

Thanks,

Andy




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