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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: GRASP (was Re: This is a simple question)
Date: 13 Oct 2001 08:40:45 +0100
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"M. A. Alves" <maa@liacc.up.pt> writes:

> > . . . The concept of "documented requirement"
> > seems just slightly foreign to that of "volunteer open-source
> > project", though!
> 
> Yes, and that is why you cannot measure the quality of an open-source
> product.

There is a difference between the formal "does it do what its
requirements say it should" and the informal "does it do what I need
it to", "do I trust the maintainer to keep going in a sensible
direction" etc.