Bug 104525: Default ntp.conf

[Matt Zimmerman]

First, I want to make sure everyone realizes a few things about this bug
which are somewhat subtle:

- it's about ntp.conf, i.e. the configuration file used by ntpd

- ntpd IS NOT installed by default

- ntpdate is a different program with a different configuration file, though
  it comes from the same source package

- ntpdate IS installed by default

So this issue affects people who choose to install ntpd in order to get
continuous time synchronization, as opposed to the bulk of Ubuntu users who
use ntpdate.  We assume that for the bulk of users, occasional
synchronization via ntpdate is sufficient, while some users opt to manage
the system clock more closely by installing ntpd.

Because of this, I don't think that the proposed change materially affects
our ability to estimate the number of active Ubuntu machines based on
ntp.ubuntu.com traffic, and it would seem to benefit end users by providing
time servers which are topologically closer, redundant, etc.

Based on the information I have today, I'm in favor of the change.

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 - mdz