RE: [ros-dev] Undocumented APIs

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org [mailto:[e-mail]] On
>  Behalf Of Murphy, Ged (Bolton)
>  Sent: 31. januar 2006 11:00
>  To: 'ReactOS Development List'
>  Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Undocumented APIs
>  
>  What if a particular API is required for a particular program to work, but
>  that API is undocumented by both Microsoft and the owner of the said
>  program? 
We don't need documentation from the author of the software that needs the
API. We just need to document that the software needs the API.

>   
>  Also, what about using code from 3rd parties which might contain
>  undocumented API's, like Wine for instance? 
Wine has a similar policy, but in general we should try to fix issues
upstream. If we can't do that, then so be it. Forking source code isn't
usually worth it.

Casper