LX/04-0023
Draft Minutes
INCITS Study Group on Linux
Meeting Number 3
Preparation for the development of the US Position and Comments on the
Linux
Standard Base PAS Submission (DIS 23360)
Teleconference Logistics:
Friday, December 03, 2004
1:00 to 2:00 PM eastern
Dial-in Number: (703) 788-0600
Participant Passcode: 448655#
| 1.1 Call to Order |
(D. Thewlis) |
The Convener, Mr. Thewlis, called the third meeting of the
INCITS
Study Group on Linux to order at 1:00 PM on Friday, December 3, 2004.
The
group met by teleconference.
| 1.2 Introduction of New Members and Attendees |
(D. Thewlis)
|
The meeting participants were
introduced.
The following organizations were represented at the December 3, 2004
teleconference meeting::
- IBM Corporation - Mr. Theodore Ts'o
- Intel Corporation - Mr. Dave Thewlis (Convenor) and Mr. Norbert
Mikula
- Microsoft Corporation - Ms. Isabelle Valet-Harper
- Sun Microsystems. - Mr. Jim Litchfield
- USENIX - Mr. Nick Stoughton
USENIX has requested membership on the
INCITS
Study Group on Linux and will gain voting rights as of the next
meeting.
The following members of the INCITS Study Group on Linux
were
not present on the conference call:
- Hewlett-Packard Corporation
- Oracle Corporation
- Unisys Corporation*
- US Department of Defense
*Unisys Corporation requested membership after the last meeting of the
INCITS
Study Group on Linux, but did not gain voting rights as it has not
participated
in any meetings of the INCITS Study Group on Linux.
Voting membership on the INCITS Study Group on Linux stands at seven
organizations.
There are no quorum requirements for INCITS Study Groups.
| 1.3 Approval of Minutes from the Second
Meeting
of the INCITS Study Group on Linux - January 16, 2004 |
(D. Thewlis)
|
Due to the amount of time that had elapsed since the January
2004
teleconference the Draft Minutes of that meeting were not voted
on
at this meeting.
| 1.4 Approval of the Draft Agenda for the
December
3, 2004 Teleconference |
(D. Thewlis) |
As the purpose of this teleconference
was
to determine the way forward to develop the US Position, the only item
on
the agenda was to discuss this issue. Consequently a draft agenda
was
not circulated in advance of the teleconference.
2. Convener's Remarks
|
(D. Thewlis)
|
The Study Group was established at the October 2003 meeting of the
INCITS
Executive Board to provide a US presence in the JTC 1/SC 22 Linux
Rapporteur
Group (LRG). It was determined by INCITS at its September
2004 meeting that the Study Group on Linux should be retained as the
appropriate
entity to develop the recommended US Position and Comments on the Linux
Standard
Base PAS Submission from the Free Standards Group.
Mr. Thewlis noted that DIS 23360, the Linux Standard Base 2.0.1 PAS
Submission,
became available last month, and that the Advance Transmittal of the
DIS,
IN/04-1417 set a deadline of March
15, 2005
for the INCITS Study Group on Linux to deliver its recommended position
and
comments to the INCITS Secretariat for INCITS Letter Ballot. Mr.
Thewlis
also noted that comments would have to be submitted in the approved ISO
Template
cited in IN/04-1417.
3. Preparation for the development of
the
recommended US position and comments on the LSB PAS Submissions
|
|
Reference: IN/04-1417
Advance
Transmittal of ISO/IEC DIS 23360 Linux Standard Base Core Specification
2.0.1
After discussion, the participants on the teleconference agreed on the
following
way forward:
- Each member of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will identify a
technical
lead person to coordinate the development of comments within that
organization
and participate in meetings of the SGL. If that person is not the
current
participant then the organization will notify Mr. Thewlis as soon as
possible
who the person will be
- Each member of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will begin its
technical
evaluation of DIS 23360 as soon as possible
- The INCITS Study Group on Linux will have teleconferences to
discuss
progression of the work according to the following schedule:
- 17 January 2005, 13:00 Eastern Time
- 28 January 2005, 13:00 Eastern Time
- 07 February 2005, 13:00 Eastern Time
- Each member of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will complete
their
initial comments and organizational position by February 11, 2005.
- The INCITS Study on Linux will have two in-person meetings to
coordinate
the organizational comments and positions noting that the second
meeting
may not be necessary if everything goes well. Members are requested to contact Mr.
Thewlis
immediately with their choice of February dates and to confirm the
March
date, and with any offers to host.
- 21-22 or 24-25 February
- 10-11 March
If we do not have offers to host the meetings, they will held at the
INCITS
Secretariat at ITI in Washington D.C. - The Convenor of the INCITS
Study
Group on Linux will be responsible for coordination and development of
the
final recommended position and comments document subsequent to the
10-11
March meeting
,.
| 4. Next Meetings |
(D. Thewlis)
|
The next meeting of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will be 17 January, 2005, 1:00 PM Eastern Time,
by teleconference.
| 5. Review of Action Items |
(D. Thewlis)
|
- Each member of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will identify a
technical
lead person to coordinate the development of their comments and
organization
position and to participate in meetings of the Study Group on Linux (in
addition
to or instead of the current participant). If the technical lead
is
not the current participant the member will notify Mr. Thewlis and the
INCITS Secretariat as soon as possible as to who the participants will
be.
- Each member of the INCITS Study Group on Linux will initiate
technical
review of the DIS as soon as possible and complete the work by February
11,
2005.
- Members are requested to contact Mr. Thewlis immediately concerning the
scheduling
of the in-person meetings
.
with their choice of February dates and to confirm the March date, and
with
any offers to host.
- Mr. Thewlis will contact the members of the INCITS Study Group on
Linux
who were not represented on the December 3, 2004 teleconference to
determine
if they intend to participate in the technical evaluation of the DIS.
- Mr. Thewlis will notify all members of the INCITS Study Group on
Linux
of the final schedule for the in-person meetings as soon as possible.
6.
Adjournment
|
(D. Thewlis)
|
The third meeting of the INCITS Study Group on
Linux
was adjourned by unanimous consent at 1:55 PM Eastern on
Friday,
December 3, 2004.