Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/20439 Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: other Category: feature requests Priority: normal Assigned to: Chris Johnson Reported by: Chris Johnson Updated by: Chris Johnson Status: patch Yes, I'd like to add some panel to admin that would show the admin which version of the software he was running, as well as which version of the database (update number) he was running. There might be a few other bits that could be added to such a display that would make life so much easier for the harried admin trying to manage many sites and projects. I'm willing to code it. Just need to get a little buy-in and agreement on features from those who decide what goes in core. Chris Johnson Previous comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 13, 2005 - 10:31 : Chris Johnson Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/releasename_core.patch (32.8 KB) There's no easy way for a site administrator to tell which version of Drupal software his site is running. This is particularly a problem when an administrator manages multiple sites at multiple hosts. The problem becomes even more exacerbated when the same admin only has limited time to update the software on sites, resulting in confusion as to just what version is running where. While there are a lot of technical solutions to this problem, some of which I'd like to implement, this patch is the simplest and least invasive. It simply adds the CVS release tag name to each file which can take such a tag. An admin can thus look in any file and see which release it is. This patch is for the core files. A similar one will be added to a separate issue for contrib files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ April 13, 2005 - 10:40 : mathias This make a lot sense. +1 Let's also output the release tag name somewhere in the Drupal admin section. Maybe on admin/settings?