[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#489376: Bug#489376: ntp: Please provide support for NTP server discovery using RFC 2782

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Kurt Roeckx]
> Why aren't you using DHCP for this?  You seemed to be happy with dhcp
> before (http://bugs.debian.org/370332#36)

Right.  I had forgotten that it is an option.  I am happy with using
DHCP, and will try to change Debian Edu to use it on the clients.

> I would like that you people make up your mind about what exactly
> you want.

Oh, we know what we want, but not quite how to do it for the multitude
of services we autoconfigure.  We want everything working out of the
box, and preferably without any hardcoded configuration on the
clients. :)

> ntpd has support for avahi I think, but we made sure it was
> disabled.  I can't remember why though, and I have no idea if that
> works or not.

Ah.  That might be an option too, but I have run into problems (slow
DNS resolution) using Avahi, and am unsure how well it will work in
the Debian Edu setup.  Avahi seem like a good idea, though. :)

Happy hacking,
-- 
Petter Reinholdtsen