Re: git: b1c95af45488 - main - rc.conf: correct $ntp_leapfile_sources

On 2023-12-14 06:02:28 (+0800), Xin LI wrote:
> I've written a draft errata at
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275419#c27 .

Thanks.

I think it's worth doing an EN for this, but I'd rather do it when the 
IANA leap-seconds.list file is updated.  Otherwise we'll get complaints 
from folks who have installed the EN but note their leap-seconds.list 
still complains of imminent / past expiry.

Regardless of whether we do an EN, I do think we should do an 
announcement (possibly signed by security-officer@) that the imminent 
expiry of leap-seconds.list is not an actual problem.

No leap second will be introduced at the end of 2023.

> Have we decided to go with the IANA location?  If so we should include
> philip's change above too.

I believe IANA Is the best upstream for leap-seconds.list.  IERS is 
really authoritative but there are copyright concerns (no public domain 
in France).  NIST's version has no copyright concerns but is only 
available over FTP (and it's 2023.

> I think we should issue an EN for at least the first two so FreeBSD 
> systems
> won't go to IETF until ~mid 2024.  Can someone (other from myself :) 
> from
> secteam@ help with the actual EN process?

I'll pick this up.

Thanks for the draft!

Philip

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Philip Paeps
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