Why is ntpclients/ntploggps.py in ntpsec rather than gpsd?

Gary E. Miller gem at rellim.com
Wed Dec 12 20:59:04 UTC 2018


Yo Hal!

On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 22:52:07 -0800
Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> James Browning said:
> > I think because it started out as a helper script for ntpviz. You
> > should blame me for the name though I moved it last.   
> 
> Is there reason not to move it to gpsd?  And most gpsd could care
> less?  Its only use is with ntpd.

Maybe because gpsd does not use it?

> This is another tangle similar to the NetBSD/curses mess with ntpmon.

No, that is a whole 'nother level of mess.

> If we want to keep it here, should we remove the ntp (version string) 
> dependency and move it to contrib?

Nope, it is important for ntpviz users to have it.  It should be a
full partner in NTPsec.

RGDS
GARY
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