[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Heads up: dhcp3 3.0.5-2 fixes #407667

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sat, Jun 23, 2007 at 01:06:45AM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My upload of dhcp3 3.0.5-2 fixes #407667 by adding ntp-servers to the list
> of options the DHCP client requests by default. I'm looking at #407336 and
> thinking this may or may not be a good idea. At the very least, you'll need
> to update your README.Debian file.
> 
> Let me know what you think, anyway.

I'm not really sure what the effect is that this is going to cause.

What I would think is a good default is:
- If dhcp gets ntp servers, use those
- If not, use the default ntp.conf

In any case, the user should be able to override that.

But I'm having mixed feelings about this.


Kurt