[AFS3-std] New version of the AFS 64-bit time I-D

[Matt W. Benjamin]

Hi,

This looks very reasonable.  I think we might find the self-describing structures useful in more places, rather than less, but I agree with the reasoning for separating it out.

Matt

----- "Andrew Deason" <adeason@sinenomine.net> wrote:

> I apologize for the delay, but draft-deason-afs3-type-time-01 has
> been
> published:
> 
> <http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-deason-afs3-type-time/>
> 
> The largest change is that there are now three types defined:
> AFSRelTimestamp (no resolution), AFSTime, and the new AFSTimestamp
> (no
> resolution). There is now extensive text explaining the details and
> reasoning for the "resolution" field in AFSTime. While we can still
> discuss/argue about it here, I just want to bring up the possibility
> that we _could_ to some extent defer such things for the I-Ds that
> actually make use of these time types (since this document leaves the
> decision of AFSTime vs AFSTimestamp completely up to the using
> RPC/structure). It could even be split into a separate I-D, if that
> is
> desired.
> 
> Other changes include the addition of sample conversion code per
> Jeff,
> and text recommending keeping the special value of timestamp 0 per
> Simon. I think that the actual meaning of timestamp 0 is up to each
> RPC/structure, so in this document, the special case of 0 is just a
> recommendation for future RPC/structure definitions.
> 
> There are also some language changes regarding the definition of the
> "resolution" field, though the actual meaning is basically the same.
> 
> The document also now specifies that a resolution of 0 represents an
> "unknown resolution" per Tom, though implementations SHOULD treat it
> as
> a 1-second res. The document now also requires that the resolution is
> always 1 second or less, to ensure that we are sane w.r.t. existing
> implementations.
> 
> Any and all feedback and review is welcomed.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Deason
> adeason@sinenomine.net
> 
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