From rinehuls@access.digex.net Mon Jun 8 17:50:07 1998 Received: from access1.digex.net (qlrhmEbBUV1EY@access1.digex.net [205.197.245.192]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA15325 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:50:04 +0200 Received: from localhost (rinehuls@localhost) by access1.digex.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id LAA07733 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:50:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 11:50:02 -0400 (EDT) From: "william c. rinehuls" X-Sender: rinehuls@access1.digex.net Reply-To: "william c. rinehuls" To: sc22docs@dkuug.dk Subject: SC22 N2725 - Vote Summary on PDAM5 to IS 9945-1 - POSIX System API - C Language Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII _____________________ beginning of title page ________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2725 TITLE: Summary of Voting on PDAM5 to IS 9945-1: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API) (C Language) DATE ASSIGNED: 1998-06-08 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Summary of Voting PROJECT NUMBER: JTC 1.22.39 STATUS: WG15 is requested to prepare a Disposition of Comments Report and make a recommendation on the further processing of the PDAM. ACTION IDENTIFIER: ACT to WG15 FYI to SC22 Member Bodies DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2648 DISTRIBUTION FORM: Def Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Telephone: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ____________ end of title page; beginning of overall summary ________ SUMMARY OF VOTING ON: Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 N2648 Circulated by: JTC 1/SC22 Circulation Date: 1998-02-16 Closing Date: 1998-06-02 SUBJECT: PDAM Approval Ballot for PDAM5 to IS 9945-1: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API) (C Language) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The following responses have been received on the subject of approval: "P" Members supporting approval without comments 13 "P" Members supporting approval with comments 1 "P" Members not supporting approval 2 "P" Members abstaining 1 "P" Members not voting 5 "O" Members supporting approval without comments 1 "O" Members abstaining 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secretariat Action: WG15 is requested to prepare a Disposition of Comments Report and make a recommendation on the further processing of the PDAM. The comment accompanying the abstention vote from France was: "AFNOR abstains due to lack of resources." The comment accompanying the abstention vote from Sweden was: "Abstain, due to lack of expertise." The comments accompanying the affirmative vote from Canada and the comments accompanying the negative votes from Germany and the USA are attached. ___________ end of overall summary; beginning of detail summary ________ JC1/SC22 LETTER BALLOT SUMMARY PROJECT NO: JTC 1.22.39 SUBJECT: PDAM Approval Ballot for PDAM5 to IS 9945-1: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) - Part 1: System Application Program Interface (API)(C Language) Reference Document No: N2648 Ballot Document No: N2648 Circulation Date: 1998-02-16 Closing Date: 1998-06-02 Circulated To: SC22 P, O, L Circulated By: Secretariat SUMMARY OF VOTING AND COMMENTS RECEIVED Approve Disapprove Abstain Comments Not Voting 'P' Members Australia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Austria ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Belgium (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Brazil ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Canada (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) China ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Czech Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Denmark (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Egypt ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Finland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) France ( ) ( ) (X) (X) ( ) Germany ( ) (X) ( ) (X) ( ) Ireland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Japan (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Netherlands (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Norway (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Romania ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Russian Federation (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Slovenia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) UK (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Ukraine (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) USA ( ) (X) ( ) (X) ( ) 'O' Members Voting Korea Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Sweden ( ) ( ) (X) (X) ( ) ____________ end of detail summary; beginning of comments _________ COMMENT ACCOMPANYING THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE FROM CANADA "We recommend that the current IEEE draft be substituted." COMMENT ACCOMPANYING THE NEGATIVE VOTE FROM GERMANY "For the time being there is an IEEE Institutional Ballot with further modifications proposed by the Open Group. SC 22 should wait and see the changes, and proceed with the PDAM afterwards." COMMENT ACCOMPANYING THE NEGATIVE VOTE FROM THE USA "There are unresolved issues at the IEEE level with respect to the document on which this PDAM is based: IEEE Draft Standard P1003.1a, Draft 14, that need to be resolved before the US should forward this work for approval at the ISO/IEC level." _________________ end of SC22 N2725_______________________________________