Bug#397649: install-report: NTP sync missing by default

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

On Nov 22, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Olaf van der Spek wrote:

> reopen 397649
> thanks
>
> Could we have NTP by default?
>
> > But it would be a problem for the minority who have no or only
> > intermittent (e.g. dial-up) network access.
>
> Why would it be a problem?

No network mean the "Network Time Protocol" won't work.

Intermittent network (e.g. dial-up) means that NTP goes for long  
periods with no connection to the external time servers.  The ntpd  
daemon is (mostly) OK with that, but some auto-dialers may see it's  
occasional polls as a reason to dial the ISP, which is probably not  
what the user expected.


> > I leave it to the PTBs to figure out whether there is a compromise
> > position.
>
>
> PTBs?

Powers That Be  (From the US TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer")


Enjoy!

Rick