[wp-hackers] SVN Revision in footer?

[Idled Soul]

Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> This may have already been discussed, but I was wondering how possible it
> would be to display what SVN revision the current WP install is using in the
> admin footer.
> 
> We currently have "You are using a development version (2.7-hemorrhage).
> Cool! Please stay updated.", it would be nice if I could hover over the
> "(2.7-hemorrhage)" and the tooltip say "Revision 8883".
> 
> Is this possible? Through the use of a plugin would be best I think, no
> point adding overhead to WP for a feature only techies will benefit from.

I'm all for this, especially for the "testers". ;)