Meteor-Community-Packages / Meteor-Community-Packages/meteor-timesync

Use multiple measurements and smooth updating

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
119
Forks
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No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Take multiple time measurements and use them to update the offset gradually over time, possibly using some exponentially weighted updating algorithm.

Compute more accurate pings using these measurements as well (and maybe send them to the [user-status](https://github.com/mizzao/meteor-user-status) package).

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by tracing the existing time-measurement, offset-update, and ping logic in the repository. Done means using multiple measurements to update the offset gradually, improving ping accuracy, and determining whether the results should be sent to user-status.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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