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I'm not sure if we should take the same course of action as ntp +(make them both still optional if installed) of if the packages +themselves should conflict or similar. I'm not sure what kind of havoc +is wreaked when both ntp and chrony are installed together. + +>><i> Suggest MCC and so on make use of that as much as possible. If you +</I>>><i> agree, please add to feature page. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What changes would need to be made in MCC for this? +</I> +Basically make it use the dbus service exclusively to adjust the time +and timezone (tho' there may still be some files to be written with zone +information etc, but I'm not 100% sure without looking properly) + +Col + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> + + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016471.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposed Feature: Chrony as default NTP client +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016476.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposed Feature: Chrony as default NTP client +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16472">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16472">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16472">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16472">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |