stt@inmet (04/24/89)
After my posting about "asynchronous entry call,"
I received some queries about the Ada9X
Revision-Request mailbox. It's address is:
ada9x@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu
Hardcopy goes to:
The Ada Joint Program Office
ATTN: Ada 9X Project
Room 3E114, Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-3080
More information is available via the Ada 9X Bulletin Board
at (202) 694-0215 or (301) 459-3685, or via
public FTP from ajpo.sei.cmu.edu, in the directory
/usr0/users/ftp/public/ada9x.
Revision requests are due by October 1989.
You may use the format implied by my posting
about "asynchronous entry call."
However, the revised format, from ~ftp/public/ada9x/FORM9X.HLP is:
-------------------------------------
January 1989
Revised Form
(Previous version will
also be accepted)
Ada 9X
REVISION REQUEST FORMAT
(Please submit one request per form)
DATE: Provide date that the request is prepared.
NAME: Provide name of the individual who has prepared the request.
ADDRESS: Provide the name of the individual's organization and mailing
address, including an e-mail address, if applicable.
TELEPHONE: Provide telephone number of individual. If request is from
outside the United States, please include the appropriate country and city
codes.
ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A REFERENCE (Section, Paragraph Number): If no chapter is
particularly relevant, please so state.
TITLE: Provide a short title or key words characterizing the request.
PROBLEM: Briefly state the problem. Indicate the most critical aspects to be
kept in mind for arriving at a solution, particularly if only a partial
solution is possible.
IMPORTANCE: Choose one of the following ratings to describe the importance of
the request with respect to the overall Ada community, and discuss the
consequences if the request is not satisfied by the revision.
ESSENTIAL: The revised standard is unlikely to be accepted if this
revision request is not supported.
IMPORTANT: Nice to have but not essential. Should be supported if
minimum negative impact to implementations.
ADMINISTRATIVE: Technical correction that makes the standard more
consistent with the design intent or less subject to misunderstanding.
CURRENT WORKAROUNDS: Provide specific examples of workarounds currently
being used that allow partial solution to the problem.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS (Optional): Discuss possible solutions for addressing the
stated problem.
Submit completed form to:
The Ada Joint Program Office
ATTN: Ada 9X Project
Room 3E114, Pentagon
Washington DC 20301-3080stt@inmet (04/27/89)
The phone numbers posted earlier were actually for the Ada Information Clearinghouse bulletin board. The correct number for the Ada 9X bulletin board is: 1-800-ADA-9X25 Sorry for the confusion. -Tucker Taft