[babel] Completely different comments on draft-ietf-babel-rtt-extension-04 (was [Last-Call] Genart last call review of draft-ietf-babel-rtt-extension-04)

Watson Ladd <watsonbladd@gmail.com> Tue, 03 October 2023 04:13 UTC

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Subject: [babel] Completely different comments on draft-ietf-babel-rtt-extension-04 (was [Last-Call] Genart last call review of draft-ietf-babel-rtt-extension-04)
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Dear all people whose mail clients I have confused,

I have some minor editorial comments. I looked at the draft out of
idle curiosity and spotted that the parameter alpha used in the
exponential smoothing isn't specified, but is described in a reference
marked as informative. IMHO numbers essential to the RFC's
implementation should be in the RFC.

Sincerely,
Watson Ladd


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