As discussed at the last VASG meeting, getting 1076a completed through
RevCom has run into some delays. The primary reason for the delay is the
fact that we did 1076a as a supplement (based on guidance from the IEEE many
years ago), but our RevCom mentor is concerned that 1076a fits better as a
normal revision. (Based on his description of a revision and supplement, I
would agree. Too bad we didn't get that advice earlier on ;-(. Although
our mentor is exploring possibilities for completing 1076a as a supplement,
I thought I'd investigate an alternative with both VASG and SVWG.
In New Orleans, it was suggested (sorry I forget who first suggested it, but
multiple people thought it might be a good idea) that we simply stop any
further work on 1076a and simply roll the 1076a work into the 1076-1999
revision. The purpose of this email is to assess the sense of the VASG and
SVWG groups as to whether this would be a good or bad thing to do.
PROS:
We save some work on the part of the volunteers and IEEE administration.
(No need to re-circulate 1076a. No need to ensure 1076a document is
modified to meet RevCom needs and objections. I believe some people prefer
it this way as it is one less VHDL variation to worry about -- fewer
compiler/simulator switches.)
CONS:
The main objection I can think of is that people who voted for 1076a being
concerned that something that passed ballot was not made part of the
standard. Although the intention would be to simply move the shared
variable changes from 1076a directly into 1076-1999, the balloting process
for 1076-1999 would open the entire shared variable changes again. While I
would expect no changes in the results wrt the 1076a shared variable
implementation being the same in 1076-1999, this cannot be guaranteed.
Please let me know your opinion (of course, you can share it with the VASG
and SVWG groups as well). If there appears to be sufficient support, I will
call a formal vote on the issue.
Steve Bailey
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