[ntp:hackers] Re: TRAK refclock is about to be removed

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.isc.org
Sun Jun 25 07:22:18 UTC 2006


Dave,

> I am uneasy about this. Somebody somewhere will buy an old TRAK receiver 
> on eBay intending to hook it up to NTP. I suggest putting it in a ghetto 
> archive somewhere along with other dead weeds and updating the 
> distribution documentation with links.

OK.

One of the reasons for cleaning out the deadwood is that folks have
submitted drivers for new refclocks (and they are willing to maintain
them) and you have mightily resisted these because of the number of
existing ones.  If we clear out space, there would be room for new ones.

> At least put a notice on the 
> newsgroup.

Already done.

H
--
> Dave
> 
> Harlan Stenn wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > It has been over a year and a half since I stated that unless somebody
> > is willing to maintain refclock_trak.c it would be deprecated in 4.2.4.
> >
> > This note is "fair warning" that nobody has volunteered to fix the
> > outstanding bugs with this refclock and unless somebody steps up Soon
> > I'll be removing this refclock from the distribution.
> >
> > H
> 
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