[J3] 18-156

[Van Snyder]

On Tue, 2018-02-27 at 15:12 +0000, Clune, Thomas L. (GSFC-6101) wrote:
> I too am not opposed to units per se, but it?s not so high on my list
> of priorities. 

The current draft of the units proposal, indeed every draft, was a TS,
not a work item proposal.  Unlike every previous TS, for several drafts,
a promise that it will be integrated into the next standard is not
included.  Instead it includes words copied from a C TS that explicitly
say it might never be incorporated into any standard.

It has no bearing whatsoever on the schedule or work load for the next
standard.  That's what's baffling about the resistance to letting ISO
publish it.

A TS is supposed to have a separate schedule that does not impact the
primary development schedule.

Yeah, we spent a lot of time in plenary and subgroup on the last two
TS's because they weren't ready to go when they were "ready to go."  The
first three were produced offline, and then incorporated into the
standard when they were actually ready.