Re: BTF archive / Errata & Enhancement DB

From: Shalom Bresticker (Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 02:32:26 PDT


However, I would like to see a publicly accesssible errata page
(and not just an error submission form).

Shalom

"Shalom Bresticker (r50386)" wrote:

> Like with the PLI, I think the BTF email archives should not be publicized to the world.
> I don't think it's necessary to put a password on them, though.
>
> I don't think you should put the table in its current form on the Verilog-2001 site.
> It's way out of date. It would be misleading.
>
> Shalom
>
>
> Stuart Sutherland wrote:
>
>> Stefen,
>>
>> I began a project a few weeks ago--which is still a work in progress--to
>> create a Verilog-2001 information site. The link is
>> http://www.verilog-2001.com. Woudl it be OK to set up a link to your page,
>> or would you rather keep all the e-mail discussion history of the task
>> force less obvious to the world? For the PLI task force, I put an
>> item-by-item summary of all our discussions on the Verilog-2001 site. But,
>> I chose to archive the thousands of e-mails that went on behind the scenes
>> and not put them on-line.
>>
>> Unfortunately, about the time I finished the preliminary Verilog-2001 site,
>> Accellera killed the old OVI web page, with its table on all BTF (and ATF)
>> enhancement requests and errata that make up the Verilog-2001 changes. I
>> contacted Lynn and Maq, who both approved moving the table to the
>> Verilog-2001 site, but alas, no trace of the files could be found. If you
>> have a copy of that table, in any format, I would sure like to add it to
>> the Verilog-2001 web site!
>>
>> A project I still plan for the Verilog-2001 web page is to have a place
>> where anyone can submit errata or enhancement requests for
>> Verilog-200x. But, I wanted to wait until the actual LRM become available
>> from the IEEE before adding a place to comment on it.
>>
>> Stu
>>
>> At 10:57 AM 7/9/2001, Stefen Boyd wrote:
>> >Precedence: bulk
>> >
>> >Hi all,
>> >
>> > I seem to have been hit with a compulsive
>> >need to html... and so I setup a page for
>> >tracking BTF issues. And being completely
>> >doped up on html, I also put the btf mailing
>> >list archives online. The 2001 archive should
>> >automatically stay current.
>> >
>> >You can find it all at http://boyd.com
>> >Right now we don't have any issues submitted,
>> >but I suspect we'll have a couple in there
>> >soon since I've seen a couple errata floating
>> >around without a home. Hopefully, this will
>> >make the errata process a little easier for
>> >the next draft.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> > Stefen
>> >
>> >
>> >--------------------
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>> > (408)739-BOYD
>> >stefen@boyd.com (408)739-1402 (fax)
>>
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Motorola Semiconductor Israel, Ltd.                  Tel #: +972 9 9522268
P.O.B. 2208, Herzlia 46120, ISRAEL                   Fax #: +972 9 9522890
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