Re: [Tzdist-bis] draft-tzdist-geolocate Status and Next Steps

Ken Murchison <murch@fastmail.com> Wed, 24 October 2018 22:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Tzdist-bis] draft-tzdist-geolocate Status and Next Steps
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On 10/24/18 6:47 PM, Guy Harris wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2018, at 9:43 AM, Ken Murchison <murch@fastmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/24/18 12:36 PM, Daniel Migault wrote:
>>> I believe we could have a consensus on the next version, and start the WGLC on November 5.
>>>
>>> Here is my view on the draft status.
>>> * Maybe clarifying the scope of the draft. I believe that one sentence could clearly mention the draft does not expect to go beyond a mobile phone requesting the current TZ.
>> Probably "mobile device" (not necessarily a phone), yes?
> The draft itself says
>
>     Clients using a Time Zone Data Distribution Service (TZDIST),
>     particularly mobile clients, may not have prior knowledge of which
>     time zone is appropriate for a particular geographic region.
>
> in the introduction, so "mobile client", perhaps?
>
> Or is the goal here to clarify what a "mobile client" is?  If so, it needs to include laptop computers, even if some might not deem them "devices".


Good catch.  So, this does beg the question as to how to the scope needs 
to be further clarified.  Daniel, do you have some suggested text?


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