[systemd] using Global Pool for ntp instead of North America #19

Adurol commented 2017年03月04日 10:46:39 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Small feature request to use the worldwide timeserver pool for the systemd ntp-service instead of North America.

In Line 69:
Global: NTP_SERVERS="0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"
Current: NTP_SERVERS="0.north-america.pool.ntp.org 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org"

As "The NTP Pool DNS system automatically picks time servers which are geographically close for you [...]" (Source) and that way f.e. Australian or European users can get faster time servers. The default for ntp is already in the same manner.

Small feature request to use the worldwide timeserver pool for the systemd ntp-service instead of North America. In [Line 69](https://github.com/KaOSx/core/blob/f9647e330605dba887fc0bb29fdf597d05735c26/systemd/PKGBUILD#L69): Global: `NTP_SERVERS="0.pool.ntp.org 1.pool.ntp.org 2.pool.ntp.org 3.pool.ntp.org"` Current: `NTP_SERVERS="0.north-america.pool.ntp.org 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org"` As "The NTP Pool DNS system automatically picks time servers which are geographically close for you [...]" ([Source](http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers)) and that way f.e. Australian or European users can get faster time servers. The [default for ntp](https://github.com/KaOSx/main/blob/master/ntp/ntp.conf) is already in the same manner.

demmm commented 2017年03月05日 21:09:54 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

About 2 years ago it was tested with different options for ntp servers (including A KaOS specific pool and the global pool). Only way that tested as fully working was with setting a location pool, thus the choice for north-america.
Example commit during the trials:
github.com/KaOSx/core@93f36af907

About 2 years ago it was tested with different options for ntp servers (including A KaOS specific pool and the global pool). Only way that tested as fully working was with setting a location pool, thus the choice for north-america. Example commit during the trials: https://github.com/KaOSx/core/commit/93f36af9077693cd68fc6f64f48f4e48843ada5e

Adurol commented 2017年03月05日 23:44:34 +01:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I see, thanks for the explanation.
It's nothing major. And if it works with North America and but not with Global, best would be to let it stay that way to not break it completely.

I see, thanks for the explanation. It's nothing major. And if it works with North America and but not with Global, best would be to let it stay that way to not break it completely.