[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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