[ntpwg] KoD 'backoff' BCP/direction

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <4842EAD5.1080506 at sun.com>
            Brian Utterback <Brian.Utterback at Sun.COM> writes:
: Rob Seaman wrote:
: > So NTP is something that doesn't address the needs of your community.
: > Which begs the question:  Why don't the auditors pay somebody to build  
: > a system that does?  They certainly have more money than the  
: > physicists.  Kind of embarrassing really if the auditors are failing  
: > to account for the proper value of timekeeping.
: >   
: 
: Auditor's don't pay. Auditor's never pay. Auditor's issue requirements 
: and other people pay to meet them.

Yes.  A similar situation with leap seconds: They have been
promulgated and everybody must cope.  Some people like coping because
it saves them money, others don't because it costs them money.
Regardless of which side of the fence you are on with this issue, it
is safe to say that NTP implements them because they are a requirement
of UTC time.

Wouldn't the need to have a traceable UTC merit consideration?  Or at
least an explicit mention as beyond the scope?

Warner