Bug#731594: Re: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-14 Thread Dererk
On 07/12/13 20:14, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > reassign 731594 openntpd > retitle 731594 Please make openntpd package priority standard > thanks > > On 7 December 2013 23:00, Thiemo Nagel wrote: >> Hi Bdale, >> >> thank you for your input! Using openntpd sounds very good. Who is the >> person to mak

Bug#731594: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
reassign 731594 openntpd retitle 731594 Please make openntpd package priority standard thanks On 7 December 2013 23:00, Thiemo Nagel wrote: > Hi Bdale, > > thank you for your input! Using openntpd sounds very good. Who is the > person to make the decision? > reassigning to openntpd package. Reg

Bug#731594: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Hi Bdale, thank you for your input! Using openntpd sounds very good. Who is the person to make the decision? Best, Thiemo On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Dmitrijs Ledkovs writes: > >> Servers that rarely (re)configure network or boot, can also setup cron >> to call to ntp

Bug#731594: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731594: Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 10:22:33AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Dmitrijs Ledkovs writes: > > > Servers that rarely (re)configure network or boot, can also setup cron > > to call to ntpdate or install an NTP client daemon when they are first > > configured. > > FWIW, calling ntpdate from cron is

Bug#731594: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Bdale Garbee
Dmitrijs Ledkovs writes: > Servers that rarely (re)configure network or boot, can also setup cron > to call to ntpdate or install an NTP client daemon when they are first > configured. FWIW, calling ntpdate from cron is a *horrible* idea. Since I agree that having time sync be a default part of

Bug#731594: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Processed: Re: Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Dec 07, 2013 at 01:27:16PM +, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > retitle 731594 Please make ntpdate package priority standard > Bug #731594 [ntpdate] debian-installer: time synchronisation should be > installed by default > Changed Bug title to 'Please make ntpdate package priority

Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 7 December 2013 15:09, Thiemo Nagel wrote: > Hi Dmitrijs, > > thank you for your reply! The proposed solution sounds good, except > for servers which rarely (re)configure their network. Is there another > option that would work for servers, too? > Servers that rarely (re)configure network or b

Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Of course, they can. Yet, it would be nice to have a default that works in all situations without user (or admin) intervention. Best, Thiemo On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > On 7 December 2013 15:09, Thiemo Nagel wrote: >> Hi Dmitrijs, >> >> thank you for your reply! Th

Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Hi Dmitrijs, thank you for your reply! The proposed solution sounds good, except for servers which rarely (re)configure their network. Is there another option that would work for servers, too? Best, Thiemo On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > reassign 731594 ntpdate > retit

Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
reassign 731594 ntpdate retitle 731594 Please make ntpdate package priority standard thanks On 7 December 2013 10:25, Thiemo Nagel wrote: > > Package: debian-installer > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > Hello, > > I think that a modern OS should take care of time synchronisation without > requiri

Bug#731594: debian-installer: time synchronisation should be installed by default

2013-12-07 Thread Thiemo Nagel
Package: debian-installer Severity: normal Tags: d-i Hello, I think that a modern OS should take care of time synchronisation without requiring user intervention. As far as I can see, Debian doesn't install any kind of NTP client by default. (I'd guess that it falls back behind Mac and Windows in