Re: ntpstat

2016-02-15 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
gt; >licensed under GPL). I guess ntpstat should rather have its own > >package. > Since you are thinking of rewriting, it would make sense to offer it to > upstream. Do you think they'd take it? That's a good point. I'll ask them. I think they wouldn't be intere

Re: ntpstat

2016-02-12 Thread Japheth Cleaver
to simply drop ntpstat from ntp with no replacement. Thoughts? I'd simply remove it. Otherwise you have to act as upstream for this outdated thing. Whatever "outdated" means in this context, if it's functional (or can be made functional) and provides actual utility then wh

Re: ntpstat

2016-02-12 Thread Przemek Klosowski
On 02/12/2016 06:10 AM, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: ntpstat is a small utility included in the ntp package, which prints the synchronization status of ntpd, the maximum error of the clock and few other fields. Apparently, there are people who find it useful for monitoring. It has been included in

Re: ntpstat

2016-02-12 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
ommend or suggest. Would that make sense? Another option > > is to simply drop ntpstat from ntp with no replacement. > > > > Thoughts? > > I'd simply remove it. Otherwise you have to act as upstream for this > outdated thing. FWIW, I'd have no problem with mai

Re: ntpstat

2016-02-12 Thread Peter Lemenkov
2016-02-12 12:10 GMT+01:00 Miroslav Lichvar : > I could write a new man page and put it in the ntp package as a > replacement. Or it could be added as a new package in Fedora, which > ntp could recommend or suggest. Would that make sense? Another option > is to simply drop ntpstat f

ntpstat

2016-02-12 Thread Miroslav Lichvar
ntpstat is a small utility included in the ntp package, which prints the synchronization status of ntpd, the maximum error of the clock and few other fields. Apparently, there are people who find it useful for monitoring. It has been included in the ntp package for a very long time, but it'