Yo Hal! On Sun, 08 Jun 2025 22:34:35 -0700 Hal Murray via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> >> Assuming we get things converted to Go, do we just put the old code
> >> on standby? Fix security bugs for a while.
> > Great way to kill the project.
>
> Thanks. Could you please expand a bit.
Go is not standardized.
Go mutates regularly.
Go creates large binaries.
Go does not support a lot of the distro/arch combos that NTPsec supports.
> If we (magically) convert everything to Go, how much and/or how long
> do we have to support the old code?
Until Go is standardiszed
UNtil Go stops mutating regularly.
Until Go creates small binaries.
Until Go supports a lot of the distro/arch combos that NTPsec supports.
> If the answer is a long long time, that's a huge disincentive for
> switching to Go.
Yup. A long, long, time.
> What was Eric planning many years ago?
Yes, when we expected Go to get more traction that it has gotten. Now
even Google is not pushing it.
RGDS
GARY
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