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eblake (manager)
2012-09-12 16:20
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Several criteria must be met before a new feature can be added to the
standard. These include, but might not be limited to:
1. one of the three member organizations of The Austin Group (The
Open Group, IEEE PASC, and ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22) must sponsor the
addition,
2. the feature must have already been implemented,
3. the feature must fit into the scope of the standard,
4. copyright release for documentation of the feature to The Austin
Group's member organizations must be available,
5. the feature to be added must not be controversial (i.e., likely to
generate negative votes when trying to ballot a draft of the
standard that contains the new feature), and
6. must include documentation giving explicit editing instructions
describing all of the changes that would need to be made to the
current standard to add the new feature.
The group felt that this proposal is currently lacking on points 2 (no existing implementation practice) and 6 (no formal wording of the proposed addition); while the idea has merit, these two points must be resolved before the bug can be reopened. |