On 07/11/2015 08:17 PM, Harlan Stenn wrote:
Thanks, and I'm kinda stunned that folks are running such ancient versions of NTP.
https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/ReleaseTimeline
4.2.0 was EOL'd in June of 2006, and we've fixed about 3,000 issues in the codebase since then.
I used to do a lot of work with embedded software years ago in my career. What I remember is that when a piece of code was ported to the embedded product, the only time the port was repeated was when there was a revenue-impacting issue. So if there was something in those 3,000 issues that would adversely affect the containing product to the point where it would be reflected in sales, I wouldn't hold your breath. When the porting process is trivial, then it can be a different story. But remember that there is a Q/A impact on incorporating the new code from upstream, so it's the same deal. If you would like the vendors to update, you need to make a strong case for doing so.