Initialise starttime *before* reporting it

fixes: #1519

Signed-off-by: Olivier Mehani <olivier.mehani@nicta.com.au>
Bump to 2.10.4

Signed-off-by: Olivier Mehani <olivier.mehani@nicta.com.au>
Merge branch 'release/2.10' into HEAD
Merge branch 'merge-2.10.4'
Use numerical constants rather than strings to represent current status

Signed-off-by: Olivier Mehani <olivier.mehani@nicta.com.au>