Default config file behavior - request for comment

Eric S. Raymond esr at thyrsus.com
Thu Sep 21 04:54:37 UTC 2017


Achim Gratz via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> Eric S. Raymond via devel writes:
> > I think the global pool name is a special case here.  Why are they advertising
> > that service if not to be used in exactly this way?
> 
> No, I think their rule (and no, you don't get to redefine it) is that if
> you wanted to have a hardcoded/default pool association you'd have to
> ask them for an ntpsec pool.  That might be a possibility, but probably
> not an immediate one.

It may be moot anyway.  Thinking about it, I've become increasingly
uncomfortable with making that large a functional change this close to
release.

I think we'd better stick to bug fixes.  And then maybe fast-cycle a 1.1,
like 90 days out or so.
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