QT4CG meeting 160 draft agenda, 14 April 2026

Hello,

Here’s the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting. Note that it’s likely we’ll have time for general triage/discussion in addition to PR reviews. If there’s something on your mind…

   https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/04-14.html

QT4 CG Meeting 160 Agenda 2026-04-14

   [1]Agenda index / [2]QT4CG.org / [3]Dashboard / [4]GH Issues / [5]GH
   Pull Requests

Agenda

   This meeting will be hosted on Zoom at 16:00BST (15:00GMT, 17:00CEST,
   11:00EDT).

   See the [6]meeting logistics page for more details.

1. Administrivia

1.1. Roll call

1.2. Approve the agenda

1.3. Approve minutes of previous meeting

   Minutes of [7]the previous meeting.

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 14 April 2026.

   The next meeting is planned for 21 April 2026.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/10]

     * [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract
       formal equivalences into tests
     * [ ] QT4CG-144-01: MK to consider if any now lost value comparisons
       should be added as examples.
     * [ ] QT4CG-150-04: NW to see about a status update on PR #2345;
       possibly schedule discussion
     * [ ] QT4CG-156-01: MK: add reference to data model in F&O 9.2
     * [ ] QT4CG-156-03: MK to revise PR #2516 in light of the comments.
     * [ ] QT4CG-158-01: MK to revisit the Conformance section to revise
       in light of #2556 error changes
     * [ ] QT4CG-158-02: MK to add system-properties() keys for file and
       binary support

1.6. Review of open pull requests and issues

   This section summarizes all of the issues and pull requests that need
   to be resolved before we can finish. See [8]Technical Agenda below for
   the focus of this meeting.

1.6.1. Blocked

   The following PRs are open but have merge conflicts or comments which
   suggest they aren't ready for action.
     * PR [9]#2470: 1310 Functions fn:regex and ?matching-substrings
     * PR [10]#2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
     * PR [11]#2345: 2299 Expand pipeline to allow arrow expression in
       path expression
     * PR [12]#2247: 716 Deferred Evaluation in XPath - the f:generator
       record
     * PR [13]#2160: 2073 data model changes for JNodes and Sequences
     * PR [14]#2071: 77c deep update
     * PR [15]#2019: 1776: XSLT template rules for maps and array

1.6.2. Close without action

   It has been proposed that the following issues be closed without
   action. If you think discussion is necessary, please say so.
     * Issue [16]#1584: Review the XML Schema and RELAX NG schemas for
       XSLT 4.0 for compatibility

1.6.3. Substantive PRs

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [17]#2578: 2561 Explain and define methods and method calls
     * PR [18]#2577: 2575 Make xs:error available unconditionally
     * PR [19]#2574: 2550 Shadow attributes in RELAX NG grammar (alt)
     * PR [20]#2566: 1979 Records with type annotations

1.6.4. Required for V4.0

   The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
     * Issue [21]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
     * Issue [22]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. PR #2578: 2561 Explain and define methods and method calls

   See PR [23]#2578.

2.2. PR #2577: 2575 Make xs:error available unconditionally

   See PR [24]#2577.

2.3. PR #2574: 2550 Shadow attributes in RELAX NG grammar (alt)

   See PR [25]#2574.

2.4. PR #2566: 1979 Records with type annotations

   See PR [26]#2566.

   Are we ready for more discussion?

2.5. Triage and issue review

   It seems unlikely that the reviewing PRs will take the full hour. Let's
   plan to consider other triage activities.

3. Any other business

References

   1. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/
   2. https://qt4cg.org/
   3. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard
   4. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues
   5. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/pulls
   6. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/logistics.html
   7. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2026/04-07.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/04-14.html#technical-agenda
   9. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2470
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2350
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2345
  12. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2247
  13. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2160
  14. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2071
  15. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2019
  16. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1584
  17. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2578
  18. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2577
  19. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2574
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2566
  21. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
  22. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
  23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2578
  24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2577
  25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2574
  26. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2566

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

--
Norm Tovey-Walsh
CEO, Saxonica

Received on Monday, 13 April 2026 11:08:24 UTC