On Wed, 18 May 2011 15:55:45 +0200 Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I know that there were discussions about the size of the installation > image but I would like to see the ntp package included in core (i.e. > in the installation media at least). > > Why? Because NFS is and NFS needs synchronized clocks. > I am using Arch in a cluster and other services (like authorization > service) need it. > When you install a bunch of machine, there are not necessarily > synchronized and it makes the installation process more complicated > (packages that need the synchronization like NFS can't be activated > before ntp is installed after the system install it-self). > Also, this package is only 448K. > > Are you convinced? Who and how are decided this kind of things? > > Thanks > > Charles >
ntp should not go into core because it does not belong in core. ntp should be included on the images, and it already is... and has been for a looooong time. http://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/tree/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.i686 http://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.git/tree/configs/syslinux-iso/packages.x86_64 Dieter
