[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH] NTP configuration for client and server

[Karl MacMillan]

On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 11:52 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 11:19 -0400, Karl MacMillan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 11:13 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 09:48 -0400, Karl MacMillan wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 16:02 -0400, Simo Sorce wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 15:35 -0400, Karl MacMillan wrote:
> > > > > > NTP configuration for client and server.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can you put the ntp.conf template in a file, it makes it much easier to
> > > > > customize the configuration if you have to edit a file instead of a
> > > > > python script.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I could, but currently we don't have a good place to put that for the
> > > > client. So I agree that the template file is nicer, but unless you fell
> > > > this is very important I'd rather not spend the time doing it.
> > > 
> > > It's nice to be able to add a custom package that provide the "right"
> > > ntp.conf file for your setup. Maybe we can add instead an option to
> > > point to a different template?
> > > Anyway I guess we can have /usr/share/ipa on the client as well, would
> > > that be a problem?
> > > 
> > 
> > I would want to put it in /usr/share/ipa/client to avoid two packages
> > spamming the same directory. Of course, that means that neither package
> > owns /usr/share/ipa (which I guess is already the case).
> > 
> > And by custom package, do you mean a separate package from
> > freeipa-client or a rebuilt package. A separate package wouldn't work
> > because it could overwrite the existing template and if you rebuild the
> > package you can change the python.
> > 
> > Any packaging experts have opinions on this?
> > 
> > Basically - I agree with the goal, I just don't think we have time right
> > now.
> 
> Just open a ticket for a following release so we don't forget, let's go
> on, now.
> (The solution is to probably put it in /etc/ipa/templates and mark them
> as configuration, so a different package can just modify it or something
> like that.
> Asking people to modify python is not something I like).
> 

Agreed - ticket #77.

Karl