ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2348 December 1996 TITLE: Summary of Voting on CD Registration for: CD 15068-4: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) System Administration - Part 4: Printing Interfaces SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 WORK ITEM: JTC 1.22.21.03.03 STATUS: Registration of CD 15068-4 is approved. CROSS REFERENCE: SC22 N2211 DOCUMENT TYPE: Summary of Voting ACTION: To SC22 Member Bodies for information. To WG15 for preparation of a Disposition of Comments Report and a recommendation on the further processing of the CD. Address reply to: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Secretariat William C. Rinehuls 8457 Rushing Creek Court Springfield, VA 22153 USA Tel: +1 (703) 912-9680 Fax: +1 (703) 912-2973 email: rinehuls@access.digex.net ___________________end of title page; beginning of summary __________ SUMMARY OF VOTING ON Letter Ballot Reference No: SC22 N2211 Circulated by: JTC 1/SC22 Circulation Date: 08-13-1996 Closing Date: 12-02-1996 SUBJECT: CD Registration for: CD 15068-4: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) System Adminis- tration - Part 4: Printing Interfaces The following responses have been received on the subject of approval: "P" Members supporting approval without comment 14 "P" Members supporting approval with comment 4 "P" Members not supporting approval 0 "P" Members abstaining 1 "P" Members not voting 3 "O" Members supporting approval without comment 1 Secretariat Action: Registration of CD 15068-4 is approved. The comment accompanying the abstention vote from Austria was: "Lack of expert resources." The comment accompanying the affirmative votes from Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the USA have been forwarded to WG15 with a request to prepare a Disposition of Comments Report and make a recommendation on the further processing of the CD. ___________________end of summary; beginning of detail summary ________ ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 LETTER BALLOT SUMMARY PROJECT NO: JTC1.22.21.03.03 SUBJECT: CD Registration for: CD 15068-4: Information technology - Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) System Administration - Part 4: Printing Interfaces Reference Document No: N1812 Ballot Document No: N2211 Circulation Date: 08-13-1996 Closing Date: 12-02-1996 Circulated To: SC22 P, L Circulated By: Secretariat SUMMARY OF VOTING AND COMMENTS RECEIVED Approve Disapprove Abstain Comments Not Voting 'P' Members Australia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Austria ( ) ( ) (X) (X) ( ) Belgium ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Brazil (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Canada (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) China ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Czech Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Denmark (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Egypt (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Finland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) France (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Germany (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Japan (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Netherlands (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) Romania (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Russian Federation (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Slovenia (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Sweden ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (X) Switzerland (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) UK (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) Ukraine (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) USA (X) ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) 'O' Members Argentina ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Bulgaria ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Cuba ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Greece ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Hungary ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Iceland ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) India ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Indonesia ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Italy ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Korea Republic (X) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) New Zealand ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Norway ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Poland ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Portugal ( ) ( ) (X) ( ) ( ) Singapore ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Thailand ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Turkey ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) Yugoslavia ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ______________end of summary; beginning of comments __________________ Comments accompanying affirmative votes: Canada "Canadian vote is to accept with comments: CD Registration 15068-4 Sys Admin Printing Interfaces There is still some concern that this document, unlike most other POSIX documents, is based less on existing commercial implementations and is more of an invention. We also note that a more recent draft needs to be substituted for the draft submitted for registration." Netherlands "NNi comment on CD 15068-4 POSIX Printing Interfaces We have one minor comment to this worthwhile document. Paragraph 4.10.3.1.2, page 158, line 3255-3242. We are not entirely happy with the delete-after attribute. The accompanying text is somewhat confusing. The last sentence stating that the file should not be deleted if an error occurs during printing or the job is removed, seems apply only to delete-after=printing, although this is not stated. Even if it were stated this can still cause problems. Is printing on a machine that forgot to detect it ran out of toner an error? The user will think it is, but the system can not detect this. I think the user should always be prepared to reprint any document and can never rely on the system to detect that a document is printed to the users satisfaction. Therefore it might be better if this attribute was deleted from your specification. The transition to the printing system you propose is a good time to get rid of unnecessary features." United Kingdom "The UK notes that the latest available draft should be the one presented for CD ballot." United States of America "The USNB would point out that the version of this document that is subsequently balloted as the CD should be the appropriate IEEE draft document to be in compliance with the approved JTC 1/SC22 Synchronization Plan." _______________________end of document SC22 N2348 __________________