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Submitted by Andrew Josey, The Open Group. 4th February 2017


Report of IST5/-/15, Posix
February 4, 2017


Recent work in POSIX standardization has focused on preparation
of  a second technical corrigendum to the 2009 edition of the
standard.  This was published by IEEE and The Open Group on September 30 2016.

There was some discussion on how best to progress the document at ISO/IEC,
whether to use  PSDO agreement that IEEE has with ISO that allows for the TC
document to go right to publication, after IEEE approval.  Some
SC22  members voiced concerns about the lack of a formal vote at ISO/IEC JTC1.
As a result of this the ISO/IEC JTC 1 secretariat are progressing
a formal vote which started in January 2017.

Looking forward, the Austin Group is planning two revisions. The first revision
which must complete before the end of 2018 (as the current standard will then be
10 years old) will be a rollup of the existing technical corrigendum and other 
technical corrigendum issues. The second revision is expected to complete in 2020 
or 2021 and will contain new features and major changes.

Defect reporting continues to be undertaken electronically using
the online defect reporting system at http://austingroupbugs.net

Respectfully submitted,
Andrew Josey 
Convenor IST5/-/15