From ec8e6ce0a114a35f13c019b4fcc6a22d5b429a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Palfrader Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 11:27:59 +0000 Subject: 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/ --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1d23fd1..23e6969 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3