Re: [dhcwg] dhc WG last call on draft-ietf-dhc-timezone-option-02.txt

Hi Ralph,

> Eliot - I'm not sure how to interpret your first two responses.  Will
> you move all the references to the existing DHCP offset and VTIMEZONE
> to the prior art section?  Will you add a reference to the Microsoft
> database (for completeness)?

Yes, yes, and see below.
>
> Regarding the abstract, in my opinion, the Abstract I suggested is not
> simply copied from the Introduction.  BTW, I goofed in the
> Introduction and omitted the word "document" after "this" in the first
> sentence.  The text I suggested explains (a) what options are defined
> and (b) what those options are used for.

I'm sorry- to me it reads like the Introduction.  What is your objection
to the current abstract?
>
> One additional followup to your response about the Microsoft database
> - the wording in the document suggests (at least to me) that there are
> only two ways to configure the timezone in a device.  My suggestion
> would be to reword as:
>
>    These options use two well-known means to configure timezones:
>
>    o  POSIX TZ strings
>    o  Reference to the TZ Database
>
Ok, I understand your concern.  Barring objection I propose to use the
following wording:

This memo specifies a means to provide hosts with more accurate
timezone information than was previously available.  To do this we
make use of two commonly used methods to configure timezones:

Eliot

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