Public bug reported:
Description:
The package (I am referring too ubuntu-mate-core in fact, but launchpad
does not know it) has a dependency on ntp. Using for example openntpd
instead of ntp, either because of other dependencies or by choice, is
difficult to impossible because of that. While timekeeping is essential
a desktop environment should never restrict the user to a specific
software implementation (i.e. ntp) for this. I cannot think of any valid
technical reasons to have a hard dependency on ntp for any desktop
environment (as opposed to perhaps network filesystems or
authentication/authorization systems).
It is interesting to note that kubuntu-desktop apparently has neither a
direct dependency on ntp nor openntpd.
Please change this dependency.
What I expect to happen: Having a choice what software implementation of ntp
synchronizes my system clock.
What actually happened: I had to choose ntp for no apparent reason.
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Release: 16.04
ubuntu-mate-core:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.154.1
Version table:
1.154.1 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
1.154 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
ubuntu-mate-desktop:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.154.1
Version table:
1.154.1 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64
Packages
1.154 500
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
** Affects: ubuntu-mate-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Hard dependency on ntp, conflicts with openntpd
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