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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes I agree then we should put version date which the date when version was created.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">www <ouyangxuan10@163.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 5:04 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka@fb.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Joseph Reynolds <jrey@linux.ibm.com>, "openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org" <openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re:Re: Add build date to image<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Joseph & Vijay Khemka,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">No matter what your version is, build date only represents the time when the image was created.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Byron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black"><br>At 2019-11-21 02:08:40, "Vijay Khemka" <vijaykhemka@fb.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">>On 11/20/19, 8:40 AM, "openbmc on behalf of Joseph Reynolds" <openbmc-bounces+vijaykhemka=fb.com@lists.ozlabs.org on behalf of jrey@linux.ibm.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> On 11/18/19 7:23 PM, www wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> > Dear Joseph</span><span style="font-family:"MS Gothic";color:black">，</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> > Thank you very much for your help. I just want to show the compile <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> > time of firmware to the user. If only show the version, it can't <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> > correspond to the time. When both are displayed at the same time, the <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> > information will be clearer. thanks again.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> Byron, thanks for that. I think I understand your use case. However, <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> does this practice assume the build date is close to the date when the <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> software version was created?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> - For example, I assume you'll merge a git commit to create a new <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> software version, and then build an image based on that commit. In this <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> way, the build date correlates closely with the version.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> - However, if you build an image from an older commit, or wait a long <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> time before building an image, the build date will not correlate closely <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> with the version. This can be misleading and lead to errors in handling <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> images.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">>I guess build date should be the date version was released or created.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> Is that a concern for you?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> - Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> > thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">> > Byron<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black">> ...snip...<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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