QT4CG meeting 168 draft agenda, 16 June 2026

Hello,

Here’s the proposed agenda for tomorrow’s meeting. Note that we have issue #2683 on the agenda in addition to PRs.

   https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/06-16.html

QT4 CG Meeting 168 Agenda 2026-06-16

   [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 meetings

   Minutes of [7]26 May 2026 (teleconference).

   Minutes of [8]2 June 2026 (face-to-face).

1.4. Next meeting

   This meeting is planned for 16 June 2026.

   The next meeting is planned for 23 June.

1.5. Review of open action items [1/12]

     * [ ] QT4CG-143-02: MK to try to recover the ability to extract
       formal equivalences into tests
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-01: DB to write a PR for #2641, comments in CSV
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-02: MK to make a PR for #2591, grammar for
       step?lookup is invalid
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-03: NW to make a PR for #2482, fallback on
       bin:decode-string
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-04: NW to make a PR explaining load-xquery-module for
       PR #2464
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-05: MK to write a proposal to change #2393 so the
       functions return JNodes
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-06: NW to write a PR to resolve #2169 per
       GuntherRademacher
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-07: NW to review tests for interpolated strings with
       edge cases in mind
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-08: MK to review the state of #1949 to see which
       items are still outstanding.
     * [ ] QT4CG-167-09: NW to close all "nice to have" issues at the end
       of October if they haven't progressed

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 [9]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 [10]#2594: 2389 Adaptive Serialization: more freedom
     * PR [11]#2350: 708 An alternative proposal for generators
     * 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

1.6.2. Merge without discussion

   The following PRs are editorial, small, or otherwise appeared to be
   uncontroversial when the agenda was prepared. The chairs propose that
   these can be merged without discussion. If you think discussion is
   necessary, please say so.
     * PR [15]#2682: 2681 Clarifications for map-for-key() function
     * PR [16]#2675: 2664 Allow element-to-map(doc())
     * PR [17]#2673: 2590 Editorial Omnibus

1.6.3. 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 [18]#2518: Type Safety
     * Issue [19]#2039: Generalize context item to context value in XSLT

1.6.4. Substantive PRs

   The following substantive PRs were open when this agenda was prepared.
     * PR [20]#2678: 2581 XSLT Patterns
     * PR [21]#2676: 2672 FLWOR trace clause
     * PR [22]#2671: 2668 Drop number-parser option of json-to-xml
     * PR [23]#2670: 2669 Add option to ignore empty entries when
       comparing maps
     * PR [24]#2667: 2458 replacement for get() selectors
     * PR [25]#2649: 2647 [26]descendants: recursion, filtering
     * PR [27]#2589: 2587 Streamability of context value expressions

1.6.5. Required for V4.0

   The following issues are labeled "required for V4.0".
     * Issue [28]#1777: Shallow copy in XSLT with maps and arrays
     * Issue [29]#675: XSLT streaming rules for new constructs

2. Technical agenda

2.1. Issue 2683, Can casting return a subtype of the requested type?

   See [30]Issue 2683

2.2. PR #2678: 2581 XSLT Patterns

   See PR [31]#2678

2.3. PR #2676: 2672 FLWOR trace clause

   See PR [32]#2676

2.4. PR #2671: 2668 Drop number-parser option of json-to-xml

   See PR [33]#2671

2.5. PR #2670: 2669 Add option to ignore empty entries when comparing maps

   See PR [34]#2670

2.6. PR #2667: 2458 replacement for get() selectors

   See PR [35]#2667

2.7. PR #2589: 2587 Streamability of context value expressions

   See PR [36]#2589

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/2026/05-26.html
   8. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/minutes/2026/06-02.html
   9. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/06-16.html#technical-agenda
  10. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2594
  11. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2350
  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-2682
  16. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2675
  17. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2673
  18. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2518
  19. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2039
  20. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2678
  21. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2676
  22. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2671
  23. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2670
  24. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2667
  25. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2649
  26. https://qt4cg.org/meeting/agenda/2026/descendants
  27. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2589
  28. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/1777
  29. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/675
  30. https://github.com/qt4cg/qtspecs/issues/2683
  31. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2678
  32. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2676
  33. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2671
  34. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2670
  35. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2667
  36. https://qt4cg.org/dashboard/#pr-2589

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Norm Tovey-Walsh
CEO, Saxonica

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