First, I want to make sure everyone realizes a few things about this bug which are somewhat subtle:
- it's about ntp.conf, i.e. the configuration file used by ntpd - ntpd IS NOT installed by default - ntpdate is a different program with a different configuration file, though it comes from the same source package - ntpdate IS installed by default So this issue affects people who choose to install ntpd in order to get continuous time synchronization, as opposed to the bulk of Ubuntu users who use ntpdate. We assume that for the bulk of users, occasional synchronization via ntpdate is sufficient, while some users opt to manage the system clock more closely by installing ntpd. Because of this, I don't think that the proposed change materially affects our ability to estimate the number of active Ubuntu machines based on ntp.ubuntu.com traffic, and it would seem to benefit end users by providing time servers which are topologically closer, redundant, etc. Based on the information I have today, I'm in favor of the change. -- - mdz -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
