Pending bird patches and discussions for proto/babel

[Daniel Gröber]

Hi Maria,

On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 05:33:42PM +0200, Maria Matejka via Bird-users wrote:
> > Toke's first two patches are ready for merging, but the third (metric
> > smoothing) is contested since it conflicts with my route selection patch in
> > its current form and if adapted it conflicts with my scalability goals for
> > babel instead. Possibly premature optimization admittedly ;)
> 
> We generally thought that the patches were still kinda work in progress,
> sorry if our non-responsivity could be interpreted as negligence.

No worries, I figured that's what was going on.

> > That being said since RTT metric is a new feature anyway I would prefer we
> > just go with my route damping approach, mark RTT as experimental and get
> > some more wider testing through a released version.
>
> That looks like a feasible way to go. Shall we then just try to merge these
> patches as they have been sent to the list?

I have some more changes to make to the dampening patch, but if we're in
agreement that this direction is the way to go I'll get a v1 out ASAP.

You can merge Toke's patches independently of that though. RTT without
smoothing is still useful :)

> > Lastly my v5 route selection patch should also be ready, all threads of
> > discussion should be resolved and there are no known bugs. However I've not
> > received any testing reports, hint, hint peeps °>°
> 
> OK, will look at it as well. Please send me an owl, a pigeon or another
> avian carrier compatible with RFC 1149 if we don't react in a reasonable
> time (est. a fortnight).

I'm afraid quality-of-life concerns for the carriers involved prevent this
as a method of delivery. Perhaps once RFC 7511 is more widely deployed?

I'd be open to sending a reminder mail over conflcit-free silica
transmission line though :D

Chirp-chirp,
--Daniel