Add build date to image

[Vijay Khemka]

Yes I agree then we should put version date which the date when version was created.

From: www <ouyangxuan10 at 163.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 5:04 PM
To: Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka at fb.com>
Cc: Joseph Reynolds <jrey at linux.ibm.com>, "openbmc at lists.ozlabs.org" <openbmc at lists.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re:Re: Add build date to image

Dear Joseph & Vijay Khemka,

No matter what your version is, build date only represents the time when the image was created.

thanks,
Byron



At 2019-11-21 02:08:40, "Vijay Khemka" <vijaykhemka at fb.com> wrote:

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>On 11/20/19, 8:40 AM, "openbmc on behalf of Joseph Reynolds" <openbmc-bounces+vijaykhemka=fb.com at lists.ozlabs.org on behalf of jrey at linux.ibm.com> wrote:

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>    On 11/18/19 7:23 PM, www wrote:

>    > Dear Joseph，

>    >

>    > Thank you very much for your help. I just want to show the compile

>    > time of firmware to the user. If  only show the version, it can't

>    > correspond to the time. When both are displayed at the same time, the

>    > information will be clearer. thanks again.

>    >

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>    Byron, thanks for that.  I think I understand your use case. However,

>    does this practice assume the build date is close to the date when the

>    software version was created?

>    - For example, I assume you'll merge a git commit to create a new

>    software version, and then build an image based on that commit.  In this

>    way, the build date correlates closely with the version.

>    - However, if you build an image from an older commit, or wait a long

>    time before building an image, the build date will not correlate closely

>    with the version.  This can be misleading and lead to errors in handling

>    images.

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>I guess build date should be the date version was released or created.

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>    Is that a concern for you?

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>    - Joseph

>

>    > thanks,

>    > Byron

>    >

>    ...snip...

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