[GNUnet-SVN] [lsd0001] branch master updated: explain a bit more

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     new 2cf8f54  explain a bit more
2cf8f54 is described below

commit 2cf8f54cfc47a774534af4fe10e8fd3db35569d9
Author: Christian Grothoff <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 4 11:21:46 2019 +0200

    explain a bit more
---
 draft-schanzen-gns.xml | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml
index 0a384a7..b8c5143 100644
--- a/draft-schanzen-gns.xml
+++ b/draft-schanzen-gns.xml
@@ -167,20 +167,26 @@
  <dl>
    <dt>SHADOW</dt>
    <dd>
-     If this flag is set, this record should not be used unless all (other)
-     records with an absolute expiration time have expired.
+     If this flag is set, this record should be ignored by resolvers unless 
all (other)
+     records of the same record type have expired.  Used to allow zone 
publishers to
+     facilitate good performance when records change by allowing them to put 
future
+     values of records into the DHT. This way, future values can propagate and 
may be
+     cached before the transition becomes active.
    </dd>
    <dt>EXPREL</dt>
    <dd>
-     The expiration time value of the record is a relative time and not
-     an absolute time. This flag should never be encountered by a resolver
-     for records resolved from the DHT.
+     The expiration time value of the record is a relative time (still in 
microseconds)
+     and not an absolute time. This flag should never be encountered by a 
resolver
+     for records obtained from the DHT, but might be present when a resolver 
looks up
+     private records of a zone hosted locally.
    </dd>
    <dt>PRIVATE</dt>
    <dd>
      This is a private record of this peer and it should thus not be
-     handed out to other peers. This flag should never be encountered by
-     a resolver for records resolved from the DHT.
+     published in the DHT.  Thus, this flag should never be encountered by
+     a resolver for records obtained from the DHT.
+     Private records should still be considered just like
+     regular records when resolving labels in local zones.
    </dd>
  </dl>
 </section>

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