From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93833138247 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:38:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC2A5E0A44; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED7E2E09F9 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:37:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-f179.google.com (mail-ie0-f179.google.com [209.85.223.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED18033EE50 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:37:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id u16so8116472iet.10 for ; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:37:46 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=slyYiMD4CfaWbyV+tOmN6df7NIazajiXe8z4aizanow=; b=Q9/C8uaVDL2O+/VyOtFL4nRQInoLa7SDOXBdfPAaxFAR3RsYZ6gAgsOLN2ND9AnUQO GYBD2fzviDcoyOvrCFsrao6ZinSOb29uAbFzyqWb7FGHXniSDTLoSALcDNjgOaVJNRYx Qa95zF3RD5C+5ISyVc+z05Ucd6OWZfg7z4na0hfzH182mYFgY2UW92py6A/iSa+z8OsJ fWMuLSIZXf5kdEmUV4AbH8bauP9vpyimj3OfJIuSqj2HaI96azwdRf6WXj5x1RAEdMod srKf50x+xnG0Z9WS0244yzySGLu3JWTF+TwJvTiZCqmCSXIH15NnwUwnzIUNJyqp2aU3 QCqQ== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.27.104 with SMTP id s8mr11617531igg.4.1384735066483; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:37:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.139.5 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:37:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1384691916.6147.17.camel@belkin5> References: <1384204406.918.40.camel@belkin5> <1384691916.6147.17.camel@belkin5> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:37:46 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] About preferred ntp provider From: Mike Gilbert To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2665b4a9-4ade-46cc-9854-7398208ed4d1 X-Archives-Hash: 284a9ac95aafb694f831f55c8c152769 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > El lun, 11-11-2013 a las 22:13 +0100, Pacho Ramos escribi=C3=B3: >> Reading: >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D489044 >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D489040 >> >> I don't know what should be preferred, personally I use net-misc/ntp >> simply because I have always being using it, also looks like we don't >> have any virtual that could point me about the "preferred" provider on >> Gentoo. Do you know that? >> >> Thanks a lot >> >> >> > > Any thoughts? :/ > > Here is my ranked list. 1. chrony: Seems to be the most flexible for systems that are not on 24/7. 2. ntpd: Reference implementation, and works pretty well for me. 3. openntpd: At a glance, the Linux port seems to be a little out of date. On the other hand, NTP really doesn't change all that much. An alternative to actively making a decision here would be to simply give them all the same "priority". This would make effectively give preference to the ones which sort first based on their name, and would actually yield the same list I gave above. ^_^