We *never* change the document LaTex with an errata vote. Errata items are collected into a separate document, which is updated as items are approved. The standard consists of the document plus approved errata items. This is the same process that was used with MPI 2.0. Errata items normally should reference the page/line number in the relevant document (in this case, the 2.2 document); in this particular case, the errata was created before the final line and page numbers were available, and the Forum agreed that it was better to fix this through the errata process rather than delay the MPI 2.2 document. In this particular case, the precise errata item is In MPI 2.2, on page 433, line 22, change MPI_C_BOOL 4 to MPI_C_BOOL 1 I've updated the description to reflect this, as we discussed before the vote. Once an item has been voted on twice, I will prepare a PDF containing these items and add that to the MPI Forum web site as official errata (again, this is what we did for MPI 2.0). The process of creating a new version of the document is not part of the errata process. Should another version be desired, the errata should be folded into it. That is what we did with MPI 2.1. Bill On Sep 7, 2009, at 9:18 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:

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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 vot= e for on ticket #171?)...

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From: "MPI Forum" <mpi-22_at_[hidden]<mailto:mpi-22_at_lists.mpi-forum= .org>> 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_b= ill_gropp: 0 Author_rich_graham: 0 | Author_a= dam_moody: 0 Author_torsten_hoefler: 0 | Author_dick= _treumann: 0 Author_jesper_larsson_traeff: 0 | Author_georg= e_bosilca: 0 Author_david_solt: 0 | Author_bronis_de= _supinski: 0 Author_rajeev_thakur: 1 | Author_jef= f_squyres: 0 Author_alexander_supalov: 0 | Author_rolf_rab= enseifner: 0 ------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------= -

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.

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