[wp-testers] Nightly build revision number in admin footer?

[Andrew Nacin]

>
> Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. Once activated there's no change in
> the WP 3.0 admin footer. No extra line in the admin footer that indicates
> the revision number and path (as it says in the description). I tried
> deactivating my plugins in case one was interfering but no difference.
>
> Perhaps it's a problem for those using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin to
> keep updated rather than the more traditional SVN approach?
>

Correct, it requires SVN. Unless it was returned as part of the update check
API (which isn't a bad idea), WordPress would have no idea which revision it
was running.