[LEAPSECS] Cheating means more planning, not less

[Rob Seaman]

  M. Warner Losh wrote:


> Michael Sokolov writes

>

> : M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:

> :

> : > I know that nobody is proposing rubber seconds today.

> :

> : Wrong!  I am!

>

> I don't think that's a viable thing to do.  It would play havoc with

> anything except the most low-precision timing applications.  And if

> you don't solve the problem for high-precision timing applications,

> I'm not sure that it is a viable solution.


I figured I'd grab a chance to agree wholeheartedly with Warner :-)

Just one comment.  The requirements for "timing applications" (of  
whatever precision) are distinct from the requirements for civil clock  
applications.

Rob