Minutes of the 8th August 2013 Teleconference Austin-621 Page 1 of 1 Submitted by Andrew Josey, The Open Group. 9th August 2013 Attendees Don Cragun, PASC OR Geoff Clare, The Open Group Joerg Schilling, Fraunhofer Society David Clissold, IBM Mark Brown, IBM Mark Ziegast Andrew Josey, The Open Group Jim Pugsley, Oracle , The Open Group OR (acting) Richard Hansen, BBN Nick Stoughton, USENIX, ISO/IEC OR Eric Blake, Red Hat * General news Don has now submitted the integration plan for the merge of 1003.26 into Issue 8 - see bug 729. A number of comments have been received against the bug so far. * Outstanding actions +Bug 0000561: NUL-termination of sun_path in Unix sockets OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=561 Eric has an action to update the proposal. +Bug 0000573: Please add '+' to the portable filename character set OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=573 Joerg has an action to prepare a proposed change. +Bug 0000592: consistent use of struct timespec OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=592 Jim had provided additional information in bugnote 1627. This was discussed and Jim took an action to provide further information. +Bug 0000598: OH shading and new interfaces OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=598 Eric has an action to propose a new solution with self-contained headers. +Bug 0000517: EBNF support OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=517 Action on Joerg to look at this. +Bug 0000633: SIGEV_THREAD delivery renders many signal interfaces unsafe OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=633 We noted that feedback has settled down on the mailing list, and will discuss next session. +Bug 0000657: Conditions under which fmemopen() write a NUL to the buffer are insufficiently specified OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=657 Eric has an action to propose wording to clarify the behavior for fmemopen(), and also to contact the glibc developers to get their feedback. +Bug 0000658: Undefined/unspecified behavior clauses in description of open have race conditions OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=658 It was noted that there is some overlap with changes in TC1. Eric took an action to update the proposal to resolve the overlaps appropriately. +Bug 0000615: pthread_setcancelstate should be async-signal-safe OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=615 We now have reports on AIX and Apple. Jim to report back on whether pthread_cancelstate() is async-signal-safe on Solaris. Andrew to ask HP whether pthread_cancelstate() is async-signal-safe on HP-UX. +Bug 622 left open pending resolution of 615. http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=622 +Bug 0000672: Necessary step(s) to synchronize filename operations on disk OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=672 Geoff has a new proposed resolution in note 1618. Decided to solicit input from FS developers. Eric to go to Linux, David to AIX and Jim to Solaris. Jim has completed his action (see bugnote 1691). Andrew should chase HP and Apple for input. +Bug 0000663: Specification of str[n]casecmp is ambiguous reopened http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=663 Action on David to follow up with the IBM developers about the EBCDIC collation sequence. * Current Business Bug 0000721: Internal storage vs static storage OPEN http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=721 This item is still open. Bug 696 either NAME_MAX shouldn't be optional, or readdir_r() needs clarification http://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=696 Most of the call was spent discussing this bug in detail. Don agreed to take an action to propose a resolution. AOB ---- Richard had provided an etherpad as an alternative to IRC, allowing a shared whiteboard. There was some discussion on the use of the etherpad, with the feeling that it was a positive addition. It was noted that Richard was providing this using his own personal site. Eric will see whether he has a corporate supported one that could be provided. A query came up on the best way to discuss new features. Andrew noted that we had another list, and will ensure it is easier to subscribe to. If you are a member of the Austin Group with a web id, you can subscribe to the austin-group-futures-l list at https://collaboration.opengroup.org/platform/single_unix_specification/protected/mailinglists.php Next Steps ---------- The next call is on August 15, 2013 (a Thursday) Calls are anchored on US time. This call will be for the regular 90 minutes. http://austingroupbugs.net An IRC channel will be available for the meeting irc://irc.freenode.net/austingroupbugs