P1076 August 25, 2011 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

• MartinThompson * ChuckSwart * JimLewis * DavidKoontz * JarekKaczynski * PeterFlake * ChrisHiggs* JohnShields

Agenda:

• Bugzilla VHDL 201X: owners for issues
• Requiremnts list new issues
• Approve August 11 Minutes
  • Motion * 2nd: JarekKaczynski * DavidKoontz

Issues with Reflector

• Chuck and David K have reported issues with reflector

Assignment of Bugzilla Feature Requests to Owners

• Bugzilla IR2130:239 Ability to overload the assignment operator: = ... -- AI Jim write initial proposal
• Bugzilla IR2132: 240 Method to allow functions that return arrays to ... -- AI Jim write initial proposal
• Bugzilla 292 Configuration of directly instantiated entities -- Need owner

Discussion of Requirements List

• Need Owner for: VHDL-2008 package generic issues in particular with packages being created in a general declarative region.
• Need Owner for: Synthesizable Assertions
  • See requirements list and SystemVerilog

Synthesis Proposals

• Need to revive 1076.6 to address synthesis proposals.
  • In addition to requirements list, it would be nice to see attributes (RAM, Statemachine, ROM, ...) standardized

ISAC

• Having issues getting enough people to attend
• Chuck planning on retiring and will need a new champion

Officer Nominations

• Currently only have one nomination. Need more.
• Talk to your friends and nominate them

Action Items:

• See above

Next Meeting Date (proposed):

VHDL WG: Thursday September 8, 8 am Pacific

ISAC: Proposed September 6, 6 am Pacific