Le 30/10/2017 à 19:42, Denny Page a écrit : > FWIW, I believe “ahead” and “behind” are the most clear in speaking to the > condition before initiating a correct. “Fast” and “Slow” somewhat imply an > ongoing condition that may or may not be true. It could be the accuracy of > setting the RTC before reboot for instance. > > System clock ahead by ?.???????? > System clock behind by ?.???????? > > Denny > I second you:
For system logs messages "ahead" / "behind" for offset "fast" / "slow" for freq measurements.log are already totally unambiguous/perfectly specified. Emmanuel. >> On Oct 30, 2017, at 04:07, Miroslav Lichvar <mlich...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 10:31:16AM -0600, James Feeney wrote: >>> How about, rather than using the term "wrong", instead use the terms "fast" >>> and "slow" to describe this quantity "1.693005 seconds"? Then the log >>> message might read: >>> >>> chronyd[622]: System clock fast by 1.693005 seconds, adjustment started >>> >>> or >>> >>> chronyd[622]: System clock slow by 1.693005 seconds, adjustment started >> I agree this would be much clearer for the user. I never remember >> which sign is for fast and slow in what context (it's not consistent >> unfortunately). The trouble is that it would break existing scripts >> that parse the log and the parsing itself would be more difficult if >> it had to look for the word "slow" or "fast" instead of the sign. I'm >> not sure how important that really is. >> >> Do you think it would make sense to keep the sign and indicate whether >> it's fast or slow in parentheses? >> >> System clock wrong by +/-?.??????? (slow/fast) ? >> >> System clock stepped by +/-?.??????? (forward/backward) ? >> >> There are other messages that print an offset, so maybe they could be >> all changed at once to keep it consistent. >> >> What do others think? >> >> -- >> Miroslav Lichvar >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject. >> For help email chrony-dev-requ...@chrony.tuxfamily.org with "help" in the >> subject. >> Trouble? Email listmas...@chrony.tuxfamily.org. >> >