Re: [PATCH 1/4] Add new "version" command

[Hans de Goede]

Hi,

On 29-03-18 09:53, Olaf Hering wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, Hans de Goede wrote:
>
> > +  grub_printf ("%s, build %s %s\n", PACKAGE_STRING, __DATE__, __TIME__);
>
> NACK.
>
> Debian sells something what they call "reproducible build". Check their
> website why usage of __DATE__ and __TIME__ is a bad thing.
> SUSE does not want to republish an otherwise unchanged grub2 package
> just because there was a need to rebuild the package.

Good point, lets drop this patch then, as without the date
I don't think there is much value in it and I don't feel
like spending time on this to come up with another solution.

Regards,

Hans