On 1/18/11 2:40 PM, der Mouse wrote:
The point is that it is a non-changing, human readable identifier ofthe source tree that hopefully changes often enough to be able to tell two versions apart.I care about bootloader timestamps when I'm hacking bootloader code
Uh, yes, of course. How many people hack bootloader code on a daily basis? How many people will benefit from repeatable builds on a daily basis?
If that's the only use case, having an option to enable timestamps is enough: enable it *while you are hacking* but leave it off for the benefit of the rest of the world.