Am 08.07.2011 13:35 schrieb Stefan Tauner: > i had the idea to implement an expiration date for flashrom binaries > (i.e. a time bomb). in the case distributions ship ancient binaries > (in the future) this may save a bunch of hardware. > > i noted two reactions back then when i proposed this idea on IRC in my > todo.txt: > <twice11> If I validated software to work on some system, I don't want > it to suddenly break one year later. > <agaran> twice11: but kind notify that version you use is %d days old > (and repeated every multiple of time or 100days or so) could be nice > > this proof of concept is probably not mergeable - especially the > strptime() might be a problem (alternatives welcome), but i still think > it is worth to think about something like this. comments? >
Good idea, but we will have to make sure this won't cause problems for users of live CDs and FreeDOS distributions etc... Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ _______________________________________________ flashrom mailing list [email protected] http://www.flashrom.org/mailman/listinfo/flashrom
