[Reproducible-builds] Bug#138409: Bug#138409: Bug#138409: dpkg-dev: please add support for .buildinfo files

[Jérémy Bobbio]

Guillem Jover:
> On Sun, 2016-01-31 at 14:43:08 +0100, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> > Guillem Jover:
> > > > How about naming the field “Environment-Variables”?
> > > 
> > > Hmm, or Environment, or Build-Environment, which reminds me that I've
> > > found the usage of Build-Environment (as the list of transitively
> > > required packages) slightly confusing, precisely because the first
> > > thing that comes to mind with environment is the variable space.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps we should consider renaming that one? Say Build-Packages (but
> > > that might be confusing), Build-Depends-Used, or something else? We
> > > also already have a Built-Using field too (although for source
> > > packages not binary ones, with a name I've also found slightly
> > > confusing as being too generic).
> > 
> > Ok. What about “Environment” for the variables,
> 
> I'm not sure if it'd be better to be explicit about this being a build
> thing, and not just a random environment. Are you worried about confusion
> with the previous usage of the field with the same name?

I'm indeed worry about confusion. The file is called '.buildinfo', so I
think it's fine to imply that these were environment variables defined
during the time the .buildinfo was generated.


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