Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Tue, 2017-07-18 at 12:07 +0200, Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > I'm looking for an indication whether something like this would be acceptable > for a stable release. If it might be acceptable I would come back with a > proper debdiff for approval. A fellow DD has recently asked on the pkg-ntp > mailinglist about this. > > sntp is the proper NTP client tool bundled with ntp sources, replacing > ntpdate. It was accidentally included in jessie due to an upstream > build-system > screwup, fixed shortly after, not reenabled in time for Stretch but now built > in Buster. This makes Stretch having a regression over Jessie by not shipping > sntp. > > I have added it in a seperate binary package in Buster. I think this will not > be possible for Stretch, so I would like to add it to the ntp binary package > as > it has been the case with Jessie. The proper breaks/replaces for going to > Buster should be already in place, but I'll test the upgrade paths before > submission.
That sounds plausible, yes. As with any p-u request we'd need to see a tested debdiff before a final ack, hence tagging moreinfo for now. Regards, Adam
