P1076 Working Group Status

Updated: 2017-01-17

Current Work Items:

• Language Change Specifications (LCS)
  • Write / Finalize - on going
    • To complete by mid February.
  • Review - on going
    • To complete by March 1
• Form balloting group - must be 30 days before ballot
  • Question to IEEE: Can we open it sooner - such as now?
  • Question to IEEE: How long can a ballot group remain open if we have not balloted yet?
• Edit LRM per LCS
  • From John Willis, Based on current LCS', this will take 6-8 weeks of review and editing.
  • From John Willis, Ready to start editing as soon as receive sources from 1076.1.
• Review LRM with LCS integrated
  • Need a copy of the LRM that is:
    • A clean ballotable copy
    • A review copy with LCS number annotated so we can verify all the changes
• Review LRM with IEEE staff for the Mandatory Editorial Coordination MEC
  • Question to IEEE: Does this occur before, concurrent with, or after balloting?
• Ballot start. April.
  
  • Stan estimates balloting to take 3 months
  • Ballot 1:
    • Question to IEEE: Is this 30 or 60 days?
  • Prepare ballot responses
    • Question to IEEE: How soon after balloting can we start the re-ballot?
  • Ballot 2: days?
    • Question to IEEE: Is this only 30 days?
• Finalize LRM with final review by IEEE staff
  • Question to IEEE: How long should we allow for this?
• Submit draft to RevCom before October 16 to make December RevCom meeting

Completed Work Items:

• Review and close Action Item List
• Finalized Proposals. See collected requirements list
• Reviewed and created proposals for : Bugzilla Issues
• Review accepted items on Active and resolved issues from VHDL-2008 - TWIKI and create proposal for each
• Review requirements lists from VHDL-200X/Accellera effort
• Review Active and resolved issues from VHDL-2008 - TWIKI and classify each item as done, accept, or reject

Plan

• Continue working on requirements
• Select high ranked requirements for addition to the next standard
• Detailed review of high ranked proposals
• Write LRM edits