From isaak@csac.zko.dec.com Fri Jun 25 12:24:21 1993 Received: from crl.dec.com by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA03208 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Fri, 25 Jun 1993 22:22:27 +0200 Received: by crl.dec.com; id AA14923; Fri, 25 Jun 93 16:22:43 -0400 Received: by csac.zko.dec.com (5.65/fma-100391/BobG-15-Feb-93);id AA28693; Fri, 25 Jun 1993 16:24:21 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 16:24:21 -0400 From: isaak@csac.zko.dec.com (Jim Isaak-respond via isaak@decvax.dec.com) Message-Id: <9306252024.AA28693@csac.zko.dec.com> To: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Subject: updated summary of 9945-2 ballot (Austrian comment identified) Cc: dwc@eng.sun.com X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Comments on DIS 9945-2 June 25, 1993 ref to: SC22 N1393 [More definitive summary of Japan ballot, and seperation of Austrian comment from Austrailian comments] Voting Summary: 21 Affirmitive; comments from: Austrailia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands 1 Negitive; Japan 2 Abstentions Comment Summary (condensed from N1393 text) Austailia: 2 pages, 5 areas of comment UPE component not as rigorous, nor as well integrated into main doc. Historical Anachronisms maybe poor: eg. ls -1 & 512 byte units as opposed to -k Some utilities are overly specified & w/poor precision (eg. mailx) Review of document for consistency of approach & rigour of value Austria: Timer resolution of 1 second seems too low Canada: (one comment, one page) table 217, pg 116 for Utility Limit Minimum Value suggests an LC_Collate "# of weights" value of 2; no known languages work with this small of value (7 is required for Canada). Denmark: (5 comments, 5 pages) 1 - Localedef "copy" 2 - Layout [18 point type for Section start] 3 - correct/replace Danish locale 4 - replace-after notion 5 - symbolic elipses Japan: (46 specific comments, 31 pages) These can be categorized into the following groups: - Copyright issue - UPE option - POSIX Locale - "Word" handling in ex and vi - Byte, Character and Column position issues - others Netherlands: (11 comments (or so); 2 pages) Definition concerns; accept definitions from SC2: Character Coded Character Set Graphic Character Set Graphic Symbol replace GLYPH with graphic symbol affects: 2.2.2.29 "character" 2.2.2.27 "byte" concerned about terms, move to seperate section pg 43: stateful codings are obsolete pg 44: meaning of "glyph", not in SC2 nor defined in 9945-2