Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Remove some cruft from packet size section (#3262)

[Jana Iyengar <[e-mail]>]

janaiyengar commented on this pull request.

some editorializing

> @@ -3410,27 +3410,22 @@ later time in the connection.
 The QUIC packet size includes the QUIC header and protected payload, but not the
 UDP or IP header.
 
-Clients MUST ensure they send the first Initial packet in a single IP packet.
-Similarly, the first Initial packet sent after receiving a Retry packet MUST be
-sent in a single IP packet.
-
-The payload of a UDP datagram carrying the first Initial packet MUST be expanded
-to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING frames to the Initial packet and/or by
-coalescing the Initial packet (see {{packet-coalesce}}). Sending a UDP datagram
-of this size ensures that the network path supports a reasonable Maximum
-Transmission Unit (MTU), and helps reduce the amplitude of amplification attacks
-caused by server responses toward an unverified client address; see
+The payload of a UDP datagram carrying Initial packets from a client MUST be

I would suggest making this active. "A client MUST expand the payload of all UDP datagrams carrying Initial packets to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING ..."

> @@ -3410,27 +3410,22 @@ later time in the connection.
 The QUIC packet size includes the QUIC header and protected payload, but not the
 UDP or IP header.
 
-Clients MUST ensure they send the first Initial packet in a single IP packet.
-Similarly, the first Initial packet sent after receiving a Retry packet MUST be
-sent in a single IP packet.
-
-The payload of a UDP datagram carrying the first Initial packet MUST be expanded
-to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING frames to the Initial packet and/or by
-coalescing the Initial packet (see {{packet-coalesce}}). Sending a UDP datagram
-of this size ensures that the network path supports a reasonable Maximum
-Transmission Unit (MTU), and helps reduce the amplitude of amplification attacks
-caused by server responses toward an unverified client address; see
+The payload of a UDP datagram carrying Initial packets from a client MUST be
+expanded to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING frames to the Initial packet
+and/or by coalescing the Initial packet (see {{packet-coalesce}}). Sending a UDP
+datagram of this size ensures that the network path supports a reasonable

```suggestion
datagram of this size ensures that the network path from the client to the server supports a reasonable
```

> @@ -3410,27 +3410,22 @@ later time in the connection.
 The QUIC packet size includes the QUIC header and protected payload, but not the
 UDP or IP header.
 
-Clients MUST ensure they send the first Initial packet in a single IP packet.
-Similarly, the first Initial packet sent after receiving a Retry packet MUST be
-sent in a single IP packet.
-
-The payload of a UDP datagram carrying the first Initial packet MUST be expanded
-to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING frames to the Initial packet and/or by
-coalescing the Initial packet (see {{packet-coalesce}}). Sending a UDP datagram
-of this size ensures that the network path supports a reasonable Maximum
-Transmission Unit (MTU), and helps reduce the amplitude of amplification attacks
-caused by server responses toward an unverified client address; see
+The payload of a UDP datagram carrying Initial packets from a client MUST be
+expanded to at least 1200 bytes, by adding PADDING frames to the Initial packet
+and/or by coalescing the Initial packet (see {{packet-coalesce}}). Sending a UDP
+datagram of this size ensures that the network path supports a reasonable
+Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), and helps reduce the amplitude of amplification

```suggestion
Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). It also helps reduce the amplitude of amplification
```

>  {{address-validation}}.
 
-The datagram containing the first Initial packet from a client MAY exceed 1200
-bytes if the client believes that the Path Maximum Transmission Unit (PMTU)
-supports the size that it chooses.
+These datagrams containing Initial packets MAY exceed 1200 bytes if the client

```suggestion
Datagrams containing Initial packets MAY exceed 1200 bytes if the client
```

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