Bernhard Schmidt suggested and I used 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-2~$(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM_REVISION) as the version for the transitional packages. The first part (before the ~) is the current src:ntp version, but with the Debian revision bumped from 1 to 2. This allows for potential security or stable fix uploads to existing Debian releases, if needed.
Barring bugs, I believe the next steps are: 1. Upload to unstable. 2. Request ftpmaster removal of src:ntp? -- Richard
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