std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman) (05/11/87)
Attached is a version of the first page of the draft IEEE 1003.1 Rationale and Notes Appendix. I am posting as the editor of that Rationale document, not as the moderator of comp.std.unix. If you know of obscure sections of the Trial Use Standard that need to be explained, or have other information related to the Rationale document, please send it to me as soon as possible. The next draft of the Rationale document will be distributed on or about 1 June 1987, one week before the Phoenix USENIX Conference, three weeks before the Seattle P1003.1 meeting. I will have copies at USENIX and in Seattle. It is not practical at this point for me to mail copies of the previous draft. However, if you are sufficiently interested, send me your name and address and I will attempt to get you on the list for the mailing of the next draft. The next draft may be the last one directly funded by /usr/group, and almost certainly will be the last to incorporate major changes in topics or organization. So it is advantageous to get your comments in soon, although theoretically changes can be made up until the draft Full Use Standard is ready for balloting. B. Rationale and Notes This appendix summarizes the deliberations of the IEEE P1003.1 Working Group, the committee charged by IEEE with devising an interface standard for a portable operating system for computer environments, IEEE Std 1003.1, also known as POSIX. This appendix is being developed under the sponsorship of /usr/group, the International Network of UNIX Systems Users, as part of an ongoing program of that association to support the IEEE 1003 Standards program efforts. It is being published along with the standard to assist in the process of review. It contains historical information concerning the contents of the standard and why features were included or discarded by the working group. It also contains notes of interest to application programmers on recommended programming practices, emphasizing the consequences of some aspects of the standard that may not be immediately apparent. Material for this Rationale Document should be submitted directly to: John S. Quarterman Texas Internet Consulting Suite 500, Room 31 Austin Centre 701 Brazos Austin TX 78701-3243 512-320-9031 decvax!seismo!ut-sally!jsq by electronic mail and US mail. If you have material that you think should be included in this document, please forward this immediately. Your help in doing so will be greatly appreciated, and will contribute to the quality and acceptance of this standard. UNAPPROVED DRAFT. All Rights Reserved by IEEE. Do not specify or claim conformance to this document. Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number en