Logging and Debugging API Overhaul (GSoC 2009)

• Student: JohannesMaximilianKuehn
• Mentors: HarlanStenn
• GSoC: GSoC Project Page
• Discussion on config option tags: Configuration options tags

Summary

A consistent logging interface for NTP and its projects would simplify its codebase and would make it more consistent. It also would benefit other NTP projects like SNTP by giving it acesss to its logging/debugging interface.

All in all it would benefit both developers and users by unifying logging/debugging interfaces under a improved system.

A big part of this project besides coding is designing and planning the improved logging/debugging system as well as coordinating the work necessary to implement these changes.

Timeline

Date	Task	Description	% Done
0907	Config dumper	Add configuration dumping functionionality.
0907	Additional configuration information	Add capability to keep track which variable was set through what (conf, default, ntpq, ...)
090510	Coordination and planning	Organize and start working.
090522	Placeholder	Placeholder for now, got to change that point
090705	Prepare for midterm ev. Test work up till now.	Configuration overhaul should take form. Test parts which have been completed.
090817	Firm 'pencils down' date.	Mentors, students and organization administrators can begin submitting final evaluations to Google.
090824	Final evaluation	Final evaluation deadline
090903	Code samples	Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google
0906010	Summarize discussed config overhaul and start implementing	Discussion within the NTP community should bear fruits by then. Summarize this discussion and implement the GSoC part.

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