hi , As Mark noted we have a long change cycle for major revisions, with technical corrigenda that can make corrections during that cycle, and interpretations that can flag issues and ambiguities and allow additional behaviours in the interim.
See http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_sd6.txt and http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_164.pdf (the latter is a little dated but shows the flow). Changes in major revisions may break application usage, hence the long cycle, and the flagging of issues over a long period. regards Andrew > On 5 Sep 2016, at 23:03, Shware Systems <shwares...@aol.com> wrote: > > That change is tagged > for Issue 8, as one of the many To Do items for when work on that formally > commences. The > earliest I personally expect Issue 8 to be published is 2019, a bit over 10 > years after Issue 7 was. It was 10 years between POSIX:1990 and Issue 6, 8 > between 6 and 7, so 9 years is about average on how long it takes. > > On Monday, September 5, 2016 Mark Galeck <mark_gal...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > I see the approved change > > http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=221 > > in 2010, and now in 2016 the change is still not published. How long does it > take normally? > > Thank you, > > Mark > > -------- Andrew Josey The Open Group Austin Group Chair Email: a.jo...@opengroup.org Apex Plaza, Forbury Road,Reading,Berks.RG1 1AX,England Tel:+44 118 9023044
