JDK documentation

Debra Scott Debra.Scott at Sun.COM
Thu Jan 10 10:53:57 UTC 2008


As javadoc is already open source, I'm not talking about those docs
(which are fixed through the source code files)

I'm talking about the JDK guide documentation that is part
of the JDK documentation download bundle

-Debbie

Stephen Colebourne wrote:
> Debra Scott wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to get people's thoughts on the documentation
>> for the JDK platform.
>>
>> * How many people feel it is important for the the docs to be open
>>    sourced so the community can contribute to them?
> 
> 
> Are you referring to javadoc, or other docs?
> 
>>  * How many people have seen at least one occasion
>>    where they would have added something to the
>>    documentation, or made a correction, if they
>>    had been able? (a large or small percentage?)
> 
> 
> I have had plenty of simple javadoc fixes I've seen and might have made 
> (like documenting what happens with null). But I suspect that is not 
> what you are driving at.
> 
> Stephen

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