docs: private boolean startPartition(PartitionPlanConfig config) {
  
          if (isStoppingStoppedOrFailed()) {
              return false;
          }
  
          if (isMultiJvm) {
              startPartitionRemote(config);
          } else {
              startPartitionLocal(config);
          }
  
          // TODO: should this message be issued from the partition?  (won't go to top-level log if so?)
          //       should we have a separate message issued from here, "partition.submitted" ?
          JoblogUtil.logToJobLogAndTraceOnly(Level.FINER, "partition.started", new Object[] { config.getPartitionNumber(),
                                                                                              getStepName(),
                                                                                              config.getTopLevelInstanceId(),
                                                                                              config.getTopLevelExecutionId() },
                                             logger);
          return true;
      }