bug#27759: NTP pool vendor zone

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:

> Currently our ntp-service uses the top-level NTP pool servers [0]:
>
> (define %ntp-servers
>   ;; Default set of NTP servers.
>   '("0.pool.ntp.org"
>     "1.pool.ntp.org"
>     "2.pool.ntp.org"))
>
> However, the NTP Pool project requests that operating system vendors
> (that's us!) don't use these servers directly [1]:

Oops!  I had read about this before and then forgot.

> They recommend we apply for a vendor zone instead [2]. We would not have
> to run our own NTP servers.
>
> Does anyone know if GNU or the FSF have a vendor zone we could use?
> Otherwise, we should apply for one and adjust our ntp-service.

Apparently 1.gnu.pool.ntp.org does not exist, so I suppose we can apply
for one.

I’ll email the GNU maintainer list to let them know and double-check.

Thanks,
LUdo’.