[oe] [meta-oe][PATCH v2 1/3] meta-systemd: Move ntp recipes to 'meta-networking' sublayer

Otavio Salvador otavio at ossystems.com.br
Wed Oct 31 12:29:53 UTC 2012


On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-10-31 at 13:09 +0100, Martin Ertsås wrote:
>> Should we just leave the .service files broken then, until someone
>> registers a pool? Or are we allowed to use someone else's pool?
>
> I don't think just using someone else's pool without asking them would
> be a terribly polite way to proceed.
>
> It seems like your options are:
>
> a) Make it be a DISTRO setting, punt this problem to the distribution,
> and let them figure out what to do about it.
>
> b) Make the service files take the NTP server from DHCP rather than
> having it be hard-coded.
>
> c) Approach ntp.org to get a vendor zone for OE and have it be the
> default.
>
> d) Use your own NTP server, or one provided by a Yocto-affiliated
> organisation.
>
> e) Leave the files alone.

Well, I cannot ask for a pool zone for OE or Yocto; it'd be good but
it is not yet done and I prefer to have it merged and changed once it
happens.

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