Bug#777186: libsdl2: please make the build reproducible

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

2015-02-06 2:02 GMT+00:00 Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org>:
> Source: libsdl2
> Version: 2.0.2+dfsg1-6
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
> Usertags: username
> X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
>
> Hi,
>
> While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
> that libsdl2 could not be built reproducibly.
>
> The attached patch removes usernames from the build system. Once
> applied, libsdl2 can be built reproducibly in our current experimental
> framework.
>
>  [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds

Thanks for the patch and your work in the effort to make reproducible
builds, I think that it's very interesting.

I imagine that we will apply this patch soon after the stable release is out.


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>