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In message 
<canczdfpmoz25rvtg1prnrtm+vwmj4cjadwaq4p9amenquvu...@mail.gmail.com>, Warner 
Losh writes:

>I tend to view smearing as a repudiation of the concept of leap
>seconds.

Agreed.

Rubber-seconds and smearing is quite literally ways to sweep
leapseconds under the rug where hopefully nobody will notice them.

It is just about as far from an endorsement of leapseconds as one
can possibly be.

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