[Codel] Schedule for publication of "Controlling Queue Delay"

Jim Gettys jg at freedesktop.org
Wed May 2 13:31:59 EDT 2012


On 05/02/2012 01:23 PM, Rick Jones wrote:
>
>> P.S. Let's try to be pro-active about pronunciation: I like the way
>> Kathie said "coddle", rather than Co-Del; it's sort of warm and fuzzy:
>> the wiktionary definition is "To treat gently or with great care.",
>> which I also like....
>
> Well, there is also the connotation of being overly protected :)
>
> If it is spelled CoDel getting it pronounced like coddle will be very
> difficult.  To get it widely pronounced like coddle it really should
> be presented as CoDl or somesuch.
>
Kathie?  up for a spelling change?  It's certainly how you pronounce
it....  It's not quite too late...

And the implication of "coddling" packets is a good one, given the
aversion some have to dropping packets....
                            - Jim





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