Plymouth text version

[lukefromdc at hushmail.com]

Version numbers on installer Plymouth help people know which version they are using. This is especially handy for a live image on a flash drive, which unlike a CD does not have space to write on and may be frequently rewritten. I think they should be used.

On 11/11/2012 at 10:05 AM, "Len Ovens" <len at ovenwerks.net> wrote:
>
>As we are starting a new cycle, The text version of plymouth needs 
>to be
>updated. There was some discussion and it was noted that the 
>graphics
>version of plymouth has no version displayed. We are wondering if 
>we
>should just drop the versioning on the text version as well or 
>not. The
>text version shows up if the ISO is being tested on/in a vbox and 
>may be
>helpful to remind the tester what version they are working on... 
>if that
>person does a lot of testing of different versions :)
>
>For those who don't know, plymouth is what displays the 
>ubuntustudio
>symbol with the wheel effect around it in the graphics version and 
>the
>words Ubuntu Studio XX.XX with the moving dots under in the text 
>version.
>
>Quite aside from that however, I would suggest that the backdrop 
>for
>lightdm should have the version number somewhere... And I would 
>suggest
>using numbers rather than the "code name". Some of the code names 
>good,
>some are not... (precise was good, but raring?). Even if the 
>session
>backdrop had the version added to a corner that would be fine.
>
>Anyway, vote here. when we get tired of waiting for votes we will 
>run with
>it.
>
>
>-- 
>Len Ovens
>www.OvenWerks.net
>
>
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