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Re: [art] Predictable Internet Time

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Fri, 21 April 2017 16:19 UTC

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Again, response moved to ART...


On 4/18/2017 10:18 PM, Patrik Fältström wrote:
> ...
> I want as potential fixes which I think are doable:
>
> - an updated POSIX definition...
I'd be glad to hear how that works out, but it's out of scope here AFAICT.
> - a slot in the NTP protocol not used today include the number of leap seconds so people get to know that.
That seems productive...
> That said, I am not against a BCP explaining the issues due to for example the broken POSIX specification (which makes it hard to "do the right thing" in software).
Again, that seems out of scope for the IETF.

AFAICT, though, it is important to understand what information we need
protocols to report, which goes to point #2 above.

Joe

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