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[Harlan Stenn]

#### ChangeSet ####
2011-10-22 18:05:27-04:00, stenn at deacon.udel.edu
  Start the NEWS file updates in preparation for 4.2.8

==== NEWS ====
2011-10-22 18:05:19-04:00, stenn at deacon.udel.edu +18 -0
  Start the NEWS file updates in preparation for 4.2.8

--- 1.122/NEWS	2011-10-18 14:27:31 -04:00
+++ 1.123/NEWS	2011-10-22 18:05:19 -04:00
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+---
+NTP 4.2.8-
+
+Important Changes
+
+The internal counters that track which "era" (range of years) we are in
+rolls over every 136 years'.  The current "era" started at the stroke of
+midnight on 1 Jan 1900, and ends just before the stroke of midnight on
+1 Jan 2036.
+In the past, we have used the "midpoint" of the  range to decide which
+era we were in.  Given the longevity of some products, it became clear
+that it would be more functional to "look back" less, and "look forward"
+more.  We now compile a timestamp into the ntpd executable and when we
+get a timestamp we us the "built-on" to tell us what era we are in.
+This check "looks back" 10 years, and "looks forward" 126 years.
+
+So if you have a system that ...
+
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 NTP 4.2.6p5-RC1 (Harlan Stenn <stenn at ntp.org>, 2011/10/xx)