Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Allow alternate restarts after idle (#2187)

[ianswett <[e-mail]>]

ianswett commented on this pull request.

This looks better, but I'm still a bit confused about the post-PTO case

> -application limited or after a probe timeout. In order to limit
-the size of bursts sent into the network, the behavior when restarting from
-idle depends upon whether pacing is used.
-
-If the sender uses pacing, the connection should limit the initial burst of
-packets to no more than the initial congestion window and subsequent packets
-SHOULD be paced. The congestion window does not change while the connection
-is idle.
-
-A sender that does not use pacing SHOULD reset its congestion window to the
-minimum of the current congestion window and the initial congestion window.
-This recommendation is based on Section 4.1 of {{?RFC5681}}.
+
+## Sending data after an idle period
+
+A sender is considered idle if it has no bytes in flight.  A sender can become

```suggestion
 A sender is idle if it has no bytes in flight.  A sender can become
```

> -idle depends upon whether pacing is used.
-
-If the sender uses pacing, the connection should limit the initial burst of
-packets to no more than the initial congestion window and subsequent packets
-SHOULD be paced. The congestion window does not change while the connection
-is idle.
-
-A sender that does not use pacing SHOULD reset its congestion window to the
-minimum of the current congestion window and the initial congestion window.
-This recommendation is based on Section 4.1 of {{?RFC5681}}.
+
+## Sending data after an idle period
+
+A sender is considered idle if it has no bytes in flight.  A sender can become
+idle when it is application limited and has no data to send, or when it marks
+packets as lost (and therefore not in flight).

Is this aiming at the PTO case?

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