[LEAPSECS] leap smear

[Tom Van Baak]

> What they coyly omit is the duration of the window w (and the maximum slew 

> to the length of the second they apply in the middle of the window)!


I wrote them yesterday asking for details on w. If they reply you'll
be the first to know.

In a way part of the charm is that they didn't specify w. You could
implement a leap smear on any system you choose, picking the w
that best meets your needs. That solves the major problem with
Markus' proposal where he uses bogus rationales to overly specify
everything (e.g., the frequency shift must only begin at 23:43:21).

/tvb