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authorPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2003-06-06 11:27:59 +0000
committerPeter Palfrader <peter@palfrader.org>2003-06-06 11:27:59 +0000
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We no longer assume a normal distribution of latencies but instead use
percentiles when calculating a life probability of an outstanding ping. Also we do not show the mean of latency but the median as this seems to be 'more correct'. This also means we no longer need the normal distribution libraries from lib/
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@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ Changes in
shut down in stop and restart.
* Regularily clean up the temp directory.
* Send out pings every two hours by default.
+ * Modified statistics generation:
+ We no longer assume a normal distribution of latencies but instead
+ use percentiles when calculating a life probability of an outstanding
+ ping. Also we do not show the mean of latency but the median as
+ this seems to be 'more correct'.
Changes in version
* Minor documentation fixes suggested by Ryan Lackey.