[OpenAFS-devel] time synchronization status

[David Thompson]

Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
>
>> seth vidal wrote:
>> You should not rely on AFS for time synchronization.
>
>BTW, this statement has nothing to do with whether or not we've been 
>planning on eliminating the feature.  It's been true for a very long time. 
>If you need halfway-decent time synchronization (and for AFS, you do), then 
>you should be using NTP.
>
>All major operating systems ship with functional NTP clients.  Most ship 
>with serviceable default configurations (if you are running a large site 
>the polite thing to do is run your own servers to keep off-site traffic to 
>a minimum).  There really is no good reason not to use it.

OK.  This has been The Answer regarding time sync for as many years as I've 
been around afs/openafs.  IMHO, a 1.4 release would be an excellent time to 
deprecate the time sync bits, and the next stable release a good time to 
remove them.

If functionality 'should not be used', it should not be available.

Dave Thompson
UW-Madison