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  1. From: seismo!amdahl!hlj@sally.utexas.edu (Hal Jespersen)
  2. Cc: meccts!posix@sally.utexas.edu
  3. Date: Sun, 14 Dec 86 15:02:33 PST
  4.  
  5. John, here is the quarterly report from 1003.2, which you may post to
  6. mod.std.unix, if you feel it is of general interest.  I'm copying the
  7. posix mailing list, FYI.  The actual list of commands I refer to in this
  8. report will be in my next posting.  That should get some comments, I'd
  9. think.
  10.  
  11.  
  12.            P1003.2 Working Group Quarterly Report-December 1986
  13.  
  14.                               Hal Jespersen
  15.  
  16.                             Amdahl Corporation
  17.  
  18.  
  19.        December 14, 1986
  20.  
  21.        The P1003.2 Shell and Utilities Working Group met in
  22.        Atlantic City, NJ, December 8 and 9, 1986.  The meeting was
  23.        one and a half days, concurrent with 1003.3 and the 1003.1
  24.        Real Time Subcommittee, and prior to the 1003.1 Working
  25.        Group meeting.
  26.  
  27.        The following were the highlights of the meeting:
  28.  
  29.           + Three proposals for command groups were received and
  30.             reviewed.  AT&T presented their System V Interface
  31.             Definition (SVID) grouping-a base, plus extensions.
  32.             Doug Gwyn of the U.S. Army presented his idea of a
  33.             single command group, with recommended inclusions.  The
  34.             X/OPEN Group forwarded its list of commands, divided
  35.             into a mandatory group and an optional software
  36.             development group.  The Working Group adopted this
  37.             latter approach for its Draft 2:  an ``Execution
  38.             Environment'' and an optional ``Software Development
  39.             Environment.'' A mandatory ``Application Installation
  40.             Environment'' is also being considered.
  41.  
  42.           + The Working Group tentatively approved the contents of
  43.             the command environments.  From a list of 141 common
  44.             commands, it categorized them as follows:
  45.  
  46.               __________________________________________________
  47.              |            |  Included |  Excluded |  Undecided |
  48.              |____________|___________|___________|____________|
  49.              | Execution  |     58    |     18    |      34    |
  50.              |____________|___________|___________|____________|
  51.              | Development|     17    |      3    |      11    |
  52.              |____________|___________|___________|____________|
  53.  
  54.           + Both AT&T and X/OPEN have offered the use of their
  55.             command documentation as a basis for the proposed
  56.             standard.  Non-disclosure agreements are being analyzed
  57.             for IEEE's approval.
  58.  
  59.           + Draft 2 of the proposed standard will include command
  60.             descriptions for all commands selected in this meeting.
  61.             The initial source will be the SVID.
  62.  
  63.           + The Working Group encountered its first pressure to
  64.             accommodate international character sets, date formats,
  65.             collating sequences, etc.  A proposal on ``regular
  66.             expressions'' will be forwarded to the /usr/group
  67.             Technical Committee on Internationalization for its
  68.             comments and recommendations.
  69.  
  70.        The next meeting is scheduled for April 20 and 21, 1987, in
  71.        Toronto.  It will be two full days, beginning at 9:00 am
  72.        each day.  The 1003.1 meeting will follow for the remainder
  73.        of the week.
  74.  
  75.        Subsequent meetings:
  76.  
  77.           + June 24 through 26, 1987, in Seattle.  (1003.1 will
  78.             precede.)
  79.  
  80.           + September 14 through 16, 1987 (dates approximate), in
  81.             the Boston vicinity.
  82.  
  83.  
  84.                                      Hal Jespersen
  85.                                      Amdahl Corp.
  86.                                      M/S 316
  87.                                      1250 East Arques Ave
  88.                                      Sunnyvale, CA 94088
  89.                                      ...{ihnp4|hplabs|seismo|decwrl}!amdahl!hlj
  90.                                      (408) 746-8288
  91.  
  92.  
  93. Volume-Number: Volume 8, Number 71
  94.  
  95.