[Mpi-22] Fwd: [MPI Forum] #171: change MPI_C_BOOL external32 size to 1 byte

[Jeff Squyres]

Forwarding this on to the general MPI-2.2 list because I'd like to ask  
for clarifcation on the MPI-2.2 errata process (i.e., what *exactly*  
did we vote for on ticket #171?)...

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> From: "MPI Forum" <mpi-22_at_[hidden]>
> Date: September 7, 2009 10:13:23 AM EDT
> Subject: Re: [MPI Forum] #171: change MPI_C_BOOL external32 size to  
> 1 byte
>
> #171: change MPI_C_BOOL external32 size to 1 byte
> ------------------------------------------------------- 
> +--------------------
>                     Reporter:  goodell                  
> |                       Owner:
>                         Type:  Correction to standard   
> |                      Status:  new
>                     Priority:  Had 1st vote             
> |                   Milestone:  2009/09/02 Helsinki
>                      Version:  MPI 2.2 errata           
> |                    Keywords:
>               Implementation:  Unnecessary             |            
> Author_bill_gropp:  0
>           Author_rich_graham:  0                       |            
> Author_adam_moody:  0
>       Author_torsten_hoefler:  0                       |         
> Author_dick_treumann:  0
> Author_jesper_larsson_traeff:  0                       |        
> Author_george_bosilca:  0
>            Author_david_solt:  0                       |    
> Author_bronis_de_supinski:  0
>         Author_rajeev_thakur:  1                       |          
> Author_jeff_squyres:  0
>     Author_alexander_supalov:  0                       |     
> Author_rolf_rabenseifner:  0
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> +--------------------
>
> Comment(by jsquyres):
>
>  After a little reflection, I'm a bit unclear on '''exactly''' what we
>  voted on for this ticket.
>
>  Specifically, is this ticket a request to change the MPI-2.2  
> latex?  If
>  so, it is not in the proper form -- it should have the proper  
> sections for
>  all tickets.
>
>  Or is this a ticket to add a bullet to the not-yet-created MPI-2.2  
> errata
>  document?  If so, I don't see clearly delineated what text  
> '''exactly'''
>  is going into the new errata document.
>
>  To be more clear: I believe that the entire MPI-2.2 errata process  
> needs
>  to be laid out.  It seems clear to me that we need ''both'' changes  
> to the
>  MPI-2.2 latex (for the 2.3 or 3.0 or whatever the next MPI version
>  document is) ''and'' a bullet for the MPI-2.2 errata document.  Are  
> there
>  supposed to be two tickets; one for each item?  Or should errata  
> tickets
>  have text for both documents (line-by-line changes compared to  
> MPI-2.2
>  ''and'' a bullet item for the MPI-2.2 errata document)?
>
>  I understand the urgency of this ticket, but I repeat something  
> that Bill
>  said many times in Helsinki: above all else, the process must be  
> preserved
>  (in this case: defined!).  Pending clarification to the the MPI-2.2  
> errata
>  process, we might need to reset the clock on this ticket.
>
> --
> Ticket URL: <https://svn.mpi-forum.org/trac/mpi-forum-web/ticket/171#comment:7 
> >
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>


-- 
Jeff Squyres
jsquyres_at_[hidden]



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