IEEE P1076.1 Working Group Telco Meeting Minutes - September 9, 2015, 8am PDT (15:00 UTC)

Status: approved by WG on October 14, 2015

Attendees

• Ernst Christen, Mentor Graphics (WG chair)
• Alain Vachoux, EPFL (LRM editor)
• Zhichao Deng, Synopsys (WG Vice Chair)
• Joachim Haase (note taker)

This was a web meeting. The main discussion topics of the meeting are covered by the meeting slides. The minutes complement the meeting slides.

Agenda

• Call to order
• Approval of agenda
• Administrative issues
  • Minutes of August 12, 2015 meeting
  • IEEE patent policy
  • Approval process for LCSs
• Project discussions
  • Approval of LCSs 201x-03, 201x-04, 201x-06
  • Analysis of LCSs 201x-01, 201x-02, 201x-05
  • Review of LCSs 201x-07, 201x-08, 201x-09, 201x-10
  • LRM status
• Next meeting
• AOB
• Adjourn

Call to order

Ernst started the meeting at 8:05 am PDT. Attendees constitute a quorum.

Approval of agenda

Agenda was approved with no objections.

Administrative issues

Approval of August 12, 2015 minutes
The August 12, 2015 minutes were approved with no objections.

Patent policy
Ernst offered to show the patent policy, but presentation was unnecessary since the attendees are all regulars.

Copyright
Handling of copyright problems is not yet complete.

Approval process for LCSs
The LCS process consists of the following steps

1. LCS author claims LCS number and uploads the document to Language Change Specifications area
2. WG assigns reviewers
3. Reviewers write analysis and upload review comments
4. LCS author responds to the comments
5. WG approves LCS
6. LRM Editot updates LRM

Proposal and review status of the LCS is updated in the Language Change Specifications area. The process was confirmed by the WG.

Project discussions

Approval of LCSs 201x-03, 201x-04, 201x-06
The Language Change Specifications are available in the Member-only area.The LCS 201x-03 concerning "Architecture statements" (after adding a further comment by Ernst) and LCS 201x-06 regarding "Sequential statements" have been approved by the WG. Ernst will add a note in LCS 201x-04 (Types and natures) about shifting the one-dimensional array nature example to clause 6 (new LRM section numbering). He will also provide an example on the benefit of unbounded nature definition. Approval of LCS 201x-04 was postponed.

Analysis of LCSs 201x-01, 201x-02, 201x-05, 201x-09
LCS 201x-01 (External names), LCS 201x-02 (Simulation cycle), and LCS 201x-09 (Design units and their analysis) will be reviewed by Alain. Zhichao will review LCS 201x-05 (Expressions).

Review of LCSs 201x-07, 201x-08, LCS 201x-10
No assignment of reviews was done for LCS 201x-07 Specifications) and LCS 201x-08 (Scope and visibility). LCS 201x-10 (Lexical elements) is in strong relation to the LRM update and will be reviewed by Alain.

Other projects
There was no progress of other projects (Table-Driven Modeling, Vector/Matrix Operations, Miscellaneous Minor Functionality Improvements) reported.

LRM status
The P1076.1-201X LRM editing information is provided in the Member-only area. Alain prepared the starting document for the LRM revision dated August 11, 2015. There are three other PDFs that consider LCSs for clause 11 Architectural statement, clause 14 Elaboration and execution, and annex I Glossary in separate files.

Next steps
Ernst will sent the project plan of the WG to DASC (Stan Krolikoski). For further details regarding the status see the meeting slides.

Next meeting

Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 8.00am PDT (15:00 UTC).

AOB

No other business.

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 9:41 am PDT.

-- JoachimHaase - 2015-09-09