Re: [LEAPSECS] Introduction of long term scheduling

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_demon.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:30:05 +0000

Rob Seaman said:
> Feather's encoding is a type of compression. GZIP won't buy you
> anything extra.

Actually, it might with longer tables. For example, LZW (as used by Unix
compress) can be further compressed using a Huffman-based compressor.

> I'll join the rising chorus that thinks it need
> not appear in every packet.

Phew.

> I'd also modify Feather encoding to delta backwards from the
> expiration time stamp.

Interesting idea.

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