On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 01:19:48PM -0500, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
----- Original Message -----
> One suggestion was to install it as a dependency of the NTP packages.
> Is this a good idea? Should this first go through the Fedora change
> process or at least be documented somewhere?
I think having a package that “takes over” a D-Bus service name, and installing it by
default but not in all possible installations, is surprising enough that it would benefit
from a FESCo sanity check, yes.
Hm, yes, having two similar but not identical implementations of the
timedate interface and using one only when an NTP package is installed
could be a source of confusion.
Beside the selection of the NTP service that should enabled/disabled,
there are some minor differences in the functionality. For instance,
when setting the time, timedatex compensates for the time spent in the
polkit authorization check. E.g. running "timedatectl set-time 12:00:00"
and taking 5 seconds to type the password sets the clock to 12:00:05,
not 12:00:00.
Would it make more sense to always use timedatex in Fedora, even when
no NTP package is installed?
--
Miroslav Lichvar