Proposal for discussion - remove all Windows-port cruft

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Sat May 14 15:55:18 UTC 2016


Mark Atwood <fallenpegasus at gmail.com>:
> Simplifying those bad spots is more important than keeping code we don't
> know works in an OS that nobody can recommend as a good time server.

That was my take, pretty exactly.

I have to note, however, that some of this cruft could *theoretically* be
useful in client mode, if it actually works. Which I think is doubtful;
there are signs of bit-rot.

I'm not really concerned because (a) I think Daniel's concept for a
lightweight client is a better fit for those edge deployments, and (b)
if that never happens, we can always punt them to using the stock
ntpdig.

> Remove it. Carefully. Try not to cackle maniacally too much while you do.

Da, Fearless Leader!
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>


More information about the devel mailing list