Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Rewrite text about Version Negotiation (#1039)

[martinduke <[e-mail]>]

martinduke commented on this pull request.



> -0-RTT packets might be received prior to a Client Initial packet at a server.
-If the version of these packets is acceptable to the server, it MAY buffer these
-packets in anticipation of receiving a reordered Client Initial packet.
+with an existing connection, or - for servers - potentially create a new
+connection.
+
+Hosts handle packets that can be associated with an existing connection
+according to the current state of that connection. Both short form packets
+without connection IDs and long-form packets for connections that have
+incomplete cryptographic handshakes are associated with an existing
+connection using the tuple of source and destination IP addresses and ports.
+Other packets are associated with existing connections using connection ID
+the connection ID in the header; this might include connection IDs that were
+advertised using NEW_CONNECTION_ID ({{frame-new-connection-id}}).
+
+Clients SHOULD discard any packet that cannot be associated with an existing

The key word here is "Clients". This finishes up instructions for clients, and the rest of the section is about servers. That said, a week after I wrote this it took me a minute to notice that. Any suggestions on how to make the word "clients" and its precise meaning more salient?

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