Marc, I think using "interoperability problem" as the subject of every clarification request is maybe a bit overly dramatic, despite the fact that technically an unclear passage could lead to interop problems.
I think it was implied from the definition of the field at the beginning of section 6 and the description of the algorithm for use in StoredData in 6.4.1 how to calculate the lifetime value, but we can add something to the mention of StoredData in 6.4.2 and definition of StoredMetaData in 6.4.3 saying to use the same algorithm every time the lifetime value is used to make it explicit. Bruce On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Marc Petit-Huguenin <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A lifetime value is sent in both FetchKindResponse and StatKindResponse but > there is no explanation about what this value should contain. > > If it is the value that was sent in the StoreReq, then this value is useless > for > the node that will receive it, as it is not relative to the storage_time > field, > and so cannot be used to know when to re-store the resource record. So it > would > make sense that this field contains the *remaining* lifetime for the resource > record (using an algorithm similar to what is in section 6.4.1.1), but it is > not > explicitly said in the spec, so there will be variations in implementations, > and > interoperability problems for implementations that will count on using this > field as the remaining lifetime. > > - -- > Marc Petit-Huguenin > Personal email: [email protected] > Professional email: [email protected] > Blog: http://blog.marc.petit-huguenin.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk5QSpgACgkQ9RoMZyVa61c5aQCgmEh1sK5e3qYxZVLMK5xpPt35 > RQYAnRTseKflyht1DuEJ6Z/NJfdnowWD > =bJmD > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > P2PSIP mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/p2psip > _______________________________________________ P2PSIP mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/p2psip
