Hi Collin, On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 08:56:24PM -0700, Collin Funk wrote: > "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> Agree. And that goes both ways. I think there's people that should > >> be there and isn't. More specifically, I think there should be > >> representation of the civilized world (glibc, musl, FreeBSD, NetBSD, > >> OpenBSD, and POSIX). > > > > The Austin Group (POSIX, more or less) liaises with WG14 already. You > > can find evidence of this in their teleconference minutes. > > > > As for the others, have you tried reaching out to principals of these > > libcs and asking them to participate? Are you *sure* they aren't > > already? I think Joseph Myers is both a GCC committer and a WG14 > > member. > > > > I grant there's a distinction in emphasis between compiler vendors and > > standard library vendors. But TTBOMK it's not the case that members of > > the Free Software C ecosystem are wholly unrepresented. > > Lots of glibc and Gnulib people participate in The Austin Group. It is > fairly easy to participate there, you just need to request an account on > the bug tracker. > > However, contributing to WG14 seems to require many readings and joining > your National Body (ANSI, in the case of a U.S. resident, which I am) > [1]. That seems like a chore, but maybe I am just lazy.
Yes. In Spain I don't feel much bureaucracy from my NB. It was easy once they told me the steps. I would be happy to see some Austin Group members come to WG14. I don't know how complex it is through INCITS/ANSI, though. Have a lovely day! Alex > > Collin > > [1] https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/contributing.html -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es> Use port 80 (that is, <...:80/>).
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