Tracker bugs and our release process

[Mark Atwood]

 I have read ESR's writeup on our buglist, and agree with his assessments.
..m

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 5:27 AM Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>
wrote:

> > * I need to work on #348: reverse function for restrict
> > * unpeer should be made to fully work from ntpq :config.  This one is
> mine too.
>
> There is a quirk tangled in this area.  I don't know if there is a bug for
> it.
>
> When the pool mode adds a server, if needed, it pokes a hole in the
> restrictions.
>
> We need to remove that hole when that server is removed.
>
> I think we need to add a new flag to indicate that the restrict slot was
> automatically added.
>
> Maybe we should add another flag to disable poking holes.  Maybe it's an
> enhancement rather than bug fix, but this would be the time to do it.
>
> -------
>
> I didn't see fixing ntpq retransmissions on your list.  (I'm still catching
> up so I might have missed it.)
>
> I think the way to fix this is to clean up the logging.
>
> I've never been particularly happy with the standard log level approach.
> Maybe it would make more sense if there was a description of what the
> levels
> were intended to cover.
>
> Some of the cruft may be my fault.  I hacked a lot of the logging to do
> what
> I needed when chasing some bug(s?).  I may have broken any plan that you
> had.
>
> Maybe we need log-to-file.
>
> In the context of fixing this bug, I think I would like a logging mode that
> showed the command line and the packets.  Reply packets can be verbose so
> maybe we need a switch/level for that.  Maybe we need another switch/level
> to
> show steps within long running commands.  Mumble.
>
>
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