C Community's Cavalier Attitude On Software Reliability

[Lars P. Fischer]

In article <8212 at hubcap.clemson.edu> billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu at hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 ) writes:
>   DEFECTS sections exist for the purpose of listing known areas in
>   which an implementation does not correspond to the specification,
>   along with potential workarounds (if any) and the estimated date
>   of repair.  Now compare this with your typical Unix BUGS section.

The BUGS section is also intended to point out problems you, as a user,
might have with a utility if you are not aware of limitations in the
design or the implementation. It is good practice to point out
implications of a design decision that the user might not be aware
of. 

/Lars
--
Lars Fischer,  fischer at iesd.auc.dk   | Q: How does a project get to be one
CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | year late?  A: One day at a time.