ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG5 N1843
                                           
     WG5 informal ballot on the schedule and draft of TR 29113
     
                            John Reid


This is our schedule for TR 29113 on further interoperability with C, 
see N1812:
 
   First draft reviewed by WG5      2010-02
   Second draft                     2010-10
   WG5 ballot                       2010-11
   PDTR forwarded to SC22           2010-12
   PDTR ballot initiated            2011-01   
   PDTR ballot comments available   2011-04   
   DTR constructed                  2011-06  
   DTR ballot initiated             2011-07   
   DTR ballot results available     2011-10   
   TR published                     2011-11  
   
Good progress was made at the October J3 meeting and a second draft is 
available as N1838, which is available for WG5 comment. Also available
is N1839, which is a reply to the WG5 paper on Objectives, N1820.

I am very concerned that our schedule does not allow for more serious
work to be done on the draft at the February J3 meeting. Furthermore,
N1838 is not ready for PDTR ballot - for example, it contains 14 
Unresolved Technical Issues. I therefore propose that we delay the PDTR
ballot until after the J3 meeting. I have checked with the SC22 Secretary
that we are allowed for this to be a 2-month ballot, which would mean that
the results would still be available for consideration at the June meeting
of WG5. This is my proposed shedule:

   N1838 reviewed by WG5            2010-11
   Third draft                      2011-02
   WG5 ballot                       2011-02
   PDTR forwarded to SC22           2011-03
   PDTR ballot initiated            2011-03   
   PDTR ballot comments available   2011-05   
   DTR constructed                  2011-06  
   DTR ballot initiated             2011-07   
   DTR ballot results available     2011-10   
   TR published                     2011-11 
   
I am starting a 4-week informal WG5 ballot on this schedule and on N1838. 
Please answer these questions by 9 a.m. UK time on 7 December. 

1. Is the above revised schedule acceptable? 

2. Do you have any comments on N1838? Please give special attention
to the UTIs. For each significant change, please provide text for a new
UTI.