dialog for OpenSolaris [LSARC/2008/446 FastTrack timeout 07/22/2008]

[Brian Cameron]

Jim:

>>>> If these interfaces are intended for Solaris users to make use of,
>>>> then should the interfaces be Uncommitted rather than Volatile?  It
>>>> doesn't seem much good to provide interfaces for providing dialogs
>>>> via shell scripts if the interfaces might change or break.
>>>>
>>> As matter of fact, dialog is just a executable utility which is for 
>>> OpenSolaris.  That's the reason why I defined it as Volatile.
>>
>> This doesn't seem like a good argument to me.  I still don't see
>> the value in adding interfaces that users are expected to use, that
>> we also tell them we may change in an ad-hoc fashion.
>>
> Could it be ok if I change it to Uncommited? I'll check if those 
> interface change  a lot recently in community.

If the interfaces are being maintained in a stable fashion upstream,
then Uncommitted would make more sense, I think.  I'd check with the
external community and maintainer.

Brian