i had the idea to implement an expiration date for flashrom binaries (i.e. a time bomb). in the case distributions ship ancient binaries (in the future) this may save a bunch of hardware.
i noted two reactions back then when i proposed this idea on IRC in my todo.txt: <twice11> If I validated software to work on some system, I don't want it to suddenly break one year later. <agaran> twice11: but kind notify that version you use is %d days old (and repeated every multiple of time or 100days or so) could be nice
this proof of concept is probably not mergeable - especially the strptime() might be a problem (alternatives welcome), but i still think it is worth to think about something like this. comments?