Subj : Feature request
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Sun Jun 19 2022 16:08:34

Hello Ward,

On Sunday June 19 2022 16:00, you wrote to me:

 Mv>> In order to make it easier for nodelist clerks to synchronise
 Mv>> their efforts across time zones, I suggest the following;

 WD> Really?

 WD> I don't see how this (old) proposal is going to change anything. I
 WD> also don't understand what needs to be synchronized at all. There will
 WD> always be a 7hr delay for Z1-data in Z2, plus every ZC to my knowledge
 WD> uses the latest zone-segments available ... there's no way on
 WD> improving on that.

A quote from another area that you apparently do not read:

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 AL>   By virtue of geography, Z1 nodelists for a given julian day
 AL> are produced a few hours after the Z2 nodelist for that day.

4) It need not be. There is no formal rule that ZCs MUST issue "their" nodelist at or
shortly after 00:00 local time.

5) If the ZCs would coordinate and synchronise their efforts there need not be delays.
For example ZCs could agree to issue nodelists at 00:15 UTC. The ZCs could agree to
exchange zone segments with each other between 23:45 and 00:00 UTC. Segments submitted
by RCs before 23:30 UTC would be guaranteed to make it into the next nodelist.
With Fido over IP there is no need for the old system of exchanging zone segments on
Wednesday to make it into Friday's nodelist. With nodelist segments being transfered in
seconds at virtually no cost, there is no need for such delays.

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Cheers, Michiel

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