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- .ds Rh POSIX.0: Guide to Open Systems Environments
- .ds Au Kevin Lewis <klewis@gucci.enet.dec.com>
- .ds Dt July 8-12, 1991
- .ds Lo Santa Clara, CA
- .ds Ed Stephen R. Walli <stephe@usenix.org>
- .ds Wd U\s-3SENIX\s0 Standards Watchdog Committee
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- .tm Subject: Standards Update, \*(Rh
- .tm From: \*(Ed
- .tm Reply-To: std-unix@uunet.uu.net
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- .AF "\*(Ed, Report Editor"
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- .P
- The July meeting of \s-1POSIX.0\s0 saw a different approach to the
- week's work.
- Instead of abiding by the draft agenda,
- the group
- trashed it
- and
- took what might be called a ``fish or cut bait''
- approach.
- \s-1POSIX.0\s0 looked at each major section
- and
- determined whether
- or
- not it was ready for
- mock ballot, or could be made ready by the October meeting.
- .P
- Accomplishing the latter required individuals to step up to the
- task of editting sections during the meeting,
- with some degree of plenary
- review before the week's end.
- This required a commitment
- from the group at large to refrain from any super ethereal
- or
- journalistically based editorial discussions.
- This has sometimes
- been hard to avoid in the past.
- The group
- stuck to its guns,
- however,
- and
- a great deal of headway was made.
- .P
- The sections within the guide that remain undecided for mock
- ballot are:
- .DL
- .LI
- networking,
- .LI
- security,
- .LI
- graphics (\s-1GKS\s0, etc.),
- .LI
- command user
- interface,
- .LI
- system administration,
- .LI
- fault management.
- .LE
- .P
- Should the group decide
- that a section is not ready,
- we will simply not include it in the
- mock ballot.
- It
- will be included in the formal
- ballot.
- .P
- As it currently stands,
- the group plans to start the mock ballot
- early in November,
- bringing all
- ballot comments to the January meeting.
- This appears to
- be very feasible.
- .P
- The \s-1POSIX.0\s0 project was reviewed at this meeting by
- the \s-1TCOS-SS\s0 Project Management Committee.
- The review determined there was the
- need for other \s-1TCOS-SS\s0 working groups to better coordinate with
- and
- contribute to the \s-1POSIX.0\s0 guide.
- This was mandated through
- an \s-1SEC\s0 resolution.
- The greatest concern among the other standards working groups
- is ``how in the world are they going to find time to do that.''
- The groups are already concerned about their current work loads.
- .P
- I believe that once we go through the preparation at the
- October meeting,
- and
- get into the mock ballot,
- many of the loops that are still open
- will be closed.
- That is not to say that
- there will be no outstanding issues,
- but the major concerns
- should be laid to rest.
-