NTS client configuration support has landed

[Eric S. Raymond]

Ian Bruene via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> 
> 
> On 2/1/19 3:53 PM, Eric S. Raymond via devel wrote:
> > What is the natural kind in which "nts" is an alternative to "server",
> > "pool", and "refclock"?  If there is such a kind, how does that square
> > with the possibility that "nts" may become a property of pool request
> > instances?
> 
> Possibly if nts is treated in the grammar as a wrapper, so it becomes:
> 
> nts <command>
> 
> with <command> being a normal declaration. I can see this becoming confusing
> due to refclocks looking like they would slot in, but don't.

Yep.  Also, nts as a wrapper woudn't be materially different from nts as an
option, just one stuck in a funny place.

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