>>> [...], but I wonder if there is any point in keeping the date [in >>> the bootloaders] >> Personally, I find it useful to make sure I've got the bootloader I >> think I do installed, usually after a change-and-rebuild. "Wait a >> minute, this one was built two months ago, not ten minutes ago; what >> went wrong?". > That's what the version number is supposed to tell you.
Any version number that could tell me what I use the datestamp for would be functionally equivalent to a datestamp, except less easy to verify. If it were up to me, I'd go with Martin Husemann's idea. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
