[ntpsec commit] Doco polishing. Synchronize the front-page accuracy claim with RFC5905.

Eric S. Raymond esr at ntpsec.org
Wed Oct 21 17:36:54 UTC 2015


Module:    ntpsec
Branch:    master
Commit:    8f02f433fcbf7aa08a57c3e3ee20c81bcbe8cb1d
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org/ntpsec/commit/?id=8f02f433fcbf7aa08a57c3e3ee20c81bcbe8cb1d

Author:    Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date:      Wed Oct 21 13:35:29 2015 -0400

Doco polishing.  Synchronize the front-page accuracy claim with RFC5905.

---

 docs/includes/audio.txt  |  5 ++---
 docs/includes/footer.txt |  2 +-
 docs/index.txt           | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/includes/audio.txt b/docs/includes/audio.txt
index 78031f4..9284a6d 100644
--- a/docs/includes/audio.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/audio.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 == Reference Clock Audio Drivers ==
-* link:drivers/driver6.html[IRIG Audio Decoder]
-* link:drivers/driver7.html[Radio CHU Audio Demodulator/Decoder]
-* link:drivers/driver36.html[Radio WWV/H Audio Demodulator/Decoder]
+* link:driver6.html[IRIG Audio Decoder]
+* link:driver7.html[Radio CHU Audio Demodulator/Decoder]
 * link:audio.html[Reference Clock Audio Drivers]
 * link:sitemap.html[Site Map]
 
diff --git a/docs/includes/footer.txt b/docs/includes/footer.txt
index 15d49f8..493edc8 100644
--- a/docs/includes/footer.txt
+++ b/docs/includes/footer.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [cols="3",grid="none",frame="none",width="40%"]
 |=========================================================
 |image:icons/home.gif[float="left"]link:index.html[Home Page]|
-image:icons/sitemap.png[float="left"]link::sitemap.html[Site Map]|
+image:icons/sitemap.png[float="left"]link:sitemap.html[Site Map]|
 image:icons/mail2.gif[float="left"]link:{project-contact}[Contacts]
 |=========================================================
diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index b0d0750..5cbf911 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Pleased to meet you.
 [[intro]]
 == Introduction ==
 
-Note: The Network Time Protocol software contained in this
+The Network Time Protocol software contained in this
 distribution is available without charge under the conditions set
 forth in the link:copyright.html[Copyright Notice].
 
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ widely used to synchronize a computer to Internet time servers or
 other sources, such as a radio or satellite receiver or telephone
 modem service. It can also be used as a server for dependent
 clients. It provides accuracies typically less than a millisecond on
-LANs and up to a few milliseconds on WANs. Typical NTP configurations
-utilize multiple redundant servers and diverse network paths in order
-to achieve high accuracy and reliability.
+LANs and up to a few tens of milliseconds on WANs. Typical NTP
+configurations utilize multiple redundant servers and diverse network
+paths in order to achieve high accuracy and reliability.
 
 [[differences]]
 == Differences from NTP Classic ==
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ The design objectives of this distribution, {project-fullname}, are in
 many ways a break with NTP's past.  We have deliberately jettisoned
 support for ancient legacy hardware and operating systems in order to
 ship code that is security-hardened, simpler, drastically less bulky
-(the KLOC count of the suite has been cut by a factor of two!), easier
-to understand, and easier to maintain.
+(the KLOC count of the suite has been cut by more than a factor of
+two!), easier to understand, and easier to maintain.
 
 We retain, however, almost full compatibility and interoperation with
 NTP Classic.  The qualification "almost" is required because we do not
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ code security and code verifiability.
 Most of the changes are under the hood, internal to the codebase.  A
 few will be user-visible:
 
-* The documentation has been extensively updated and revised.
+* The documentation has been extensively updated and revised.  One
+  important change is that manual pages are now generated from the
+  same masters as this web documentation, so the two will no longer
+  drift out of synchronization.  
 
 * The deprecated ntpdc utility, long since replaced by {ntpq}, has been removed.
 
@@ -97,6 +100,8 @@ few will be user-visible:
 * The deprecated ntpdate program has been replaced with a shell
   wrapper around {ntpdig}.
 
+* Log timestamps look a little different; they are now in ISO8601 format.
+
 * As noted above, Autokey is not supported.
 
 [[platforms]]



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