On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 01:07:39PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: > For instance, I wouldn't see any objection in splitting the package in > the same way sshd is (there is a "client" and a "server" part) and set > the desired configuration (as server or client) for each of them.
I would. The answer to people wanting different configurations is not always to provide different packages. There's a lot of overhead in doing so and it's rarely worth the cost IMHO. Rather the majority case be provided for by default, and the exceptional case by tweaking /etc/default/FOO. > The problem I see here is that it seems that ntpd itself is designed > kinda in a "monolithic" way and to make it acting as "server" or "client" > is somehow fuzzy and the same goes for its default configuration settings. Yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120313144212.GF8794@debian
