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Date:      Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:26:45 +0800
From:      Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: b1c95af45488 - main - rc.conf: correct $ntp_leapfile_sources
Message-ID:  <D511BD97-A6CE-4999-B92A-7A45B406EC0E@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfpP4bNRAoR4Xf9awW89U0WbSFr7g07rKbryS=OGZ=XkQQ@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <202312070550.3B75o8WV066387@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CANCZdfrSitY2W%2B7EVaa_yX=KhsJNq_FZqyOLnBeTZX_-6YGxpg@mail.gmail.com> <389AB29C-D5C0-4091-91ED-219F33351B35@freebsd.org> <CANCZdfpP4bNRAoR4Xf9awW89U0WbSFr7g07rKbryS=OGZ=XkQQ@mail.gmail.com>

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On 2023-12-07 15:06:58 (+0800), Warner Losh wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 11:34 PM Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On 2023-12-07 14:26:05 (+0800), Warner Losh wrote:
>>> We should point to bipm
>>> https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/ntp/leap-seconds.list since 
>>> they
>>> are
>>> the source of truth, no?
>>
>> I went for the IANA copy because data.iana.org is a much shorter and
>> trustworthy looking URL.  And it's also where other operating systems
>> get their copies.
>>
>> (There's a thread on the IANA tz mailing list about how up to date 
>> the
>> IANA copy is.)
>>
>
> Shorter URLs aren't necessarily better..  we should have this be a 
> list
> though...

We could also mirror our own copy on freebsd.org, but then we have to 
keep it up to date.

That's probably the best solution.  Let me ponder this for a bit.

Philip

-- 
Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises



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