[Hardy] The clock applet no longer uses the more powerful time-admin to change the time
Bug #185232 reported by
Caleb
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
Bug Description
The clock applet in the panel used to use time-admin to change the time, which allowed things like configuring NTP synchronization. However, now, it seems to use some internal tool that isn't as powerful, and doesn't make as much sense. It still requires PolicyKit authentication, but no longer allows NTP and timezone configuration.
Related branches
Changed in gnome-panel: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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I read the comments on the duplicate of this bug, and I'm disappointed that the developers decided to remove functionality from the applet's settings. Frankly, the new time-setting tool accessible from the panel applet is badly designed and limited in functionality. I much prefer the looks and capabilities of time-admin, and I'm disappointed that it's been moved from the obvious location of the clock's context-menu to the Admin menu. Most computers are connected to the Internet, and thus would benefit from receiving the time automatically from an NTP server, but this functionality is now harder to find. In addition, changing the timezone is now more difficult.
Why has the functionality been duplicated? It would make more sense to just get rid of the new tool and simply use the older, better one, rather than giving preferential placement to the new, inferior one.