Bug#1028149: bookworm: ntp has been replaced by ntpsec
control: tags -1 + patch
thanks
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
> > if no-one else does, i can draft some text that says
> > - ntp is dropped (do we know why?).
>
> I think the main reason is very slow upstream development with a large
> number of known unfixed security issues.
>
> > ntpsec is a direct replacement,
> > but there is also chrony
>
> openntpd is another NTP client that I think should be recommended.
> (Not as a server though.)
proposed text is at
https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/156
(i included openntpd as an alternative but didn't try and explain the
differences - didn't think it was easy to do so clearly!)
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