Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Editorial recovery fixes (#1551)

[ianswett <[e-mail]>]

ianswett commented on this pull request.



> -reordering of packets in the network.
-
-The RECOMMENDED initial value for kReorderingThreshold is 3.
-
-We derive this recommendation from TCP loss recovery {{?RFC5681}}
-{{?RFC6675}}. It is possible for networks to exhibit higher degrees of
-reordering, causing a sender to detect spurious losses. Detecting spurious
-losses leads to unnecessary retransmissions and may result in degraded
+and/or a threshold amount of time after the unacknowledged packet. Receipt of the
+ack indicates that a later packet was received, the reordering threshold
+provides some tolerance for reordering of packets in the network.
+
+The RECOMMENDED initial value for kReorderingThreshold is 3, based on 
+TCP loss recovery {{?RFC5681}} {{?RFC6675}}. Some networks may exhibit higher
+degrees of reordering, causing a sender to detect spurious losses. Detecting
+spurious losses leads to unnecessary retransmissions and may result in degraded

Agreed, its either confusing or wrong, depending on your perspective.

How about spuriously detecting losses?

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