[sv-bc] Asking for advice: modport enhancements

hi SV-BC,

I would value your collective advice on how best to
approach this...

For some time I've been troubled by the way interfaces 
and modports don't quite hit the spot for designers.
I need solutions to two big problems: abstraction of
interconnect, and configurable (generatable) port lists
for design IP.  Interfaces and modports get me close to
both, but not close enough.  I now have what I believe 
to be a coherent set of proposals for significant 
enhancement of the modport construct, and I'm ready to 
post a "white paper" as a Mantis item.  

I'm very conscious that sv-bc has a lot on its plate 
right now and I have no desire to disrupt that activity 
by adding a major new piece of work.  There would be 
some knock-on work for CC and EC too, but the bulk of it 
would fall to BC.

On the other hand, if I hold back for much longer, the 
changes would likely not make it into 1800-2008 - and thus
something I feel *very* strongly about would probably not 
become available to designers within my working career.

Is there any appetite within sv-bc for such work?
Should I:
- just go ahead and post a Mantis, and let it take
  its chances?
- open an email discussion first, to refine the ideas
  so that a fully-formed proposal can be prepared?
- accept that it's too much to do for 1800-2008, and
  simply hold off (frustrated) until later?

Thanks for your consideration
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