[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#803709: ntp: Please document 'pool' in ntp.conf

[Bob Proulx]

Package: ntp
Version: 1:4.2.8p4+dfsg-3
Severity: minor

In the recent release the default Debian config file scheme has
changed from "server" to "pool".  That's great!  But the included
Debian man pages do not document the pool configuration option.

  man ntp.conf

Upstream documentation describes it:

  https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/discover.html

  https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/confopt.html#pool

Please document the new configuration.  Perhaps using a mix from the
upstream description?

  pool
    For type s addresses (only) this command mobilizes a preemptable pool
    client mode association for the DNS name specified.  The DNS name must
    resolve to one or more IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.  The pool scheme is
    configured using one or more pool commands with DNS names
    indicating the pool from which to draw.  The pool command can be
    used more than once; duplicate servers are detected and discarded.

Thank you for maintaining ntp in Debian! :-)

Bob