Bug#844431: Revised patch: Oppose

[Bill Allombert]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 12:19:47PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2017, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > But as a technical document, it is lacking practical recommendation
> > for maintainers how to make sure their package build reproducibly
> 
> The practical recommendations for maintainers are encoded separately, as
> they're evolving. See https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/Howto
> for example.

> > and create confusion on the goal by using the term 'reproducible
> > build' when 'robust build' is meant (which is a worthwile goal by
> > itself, but a different project nevertheless).
> 
> I'm not convinced that this change will reduce confusion, as the
> reproducible build project has been using this language in Debian for
> many years now.

It is apparent that the reproducible build project has broadened their
focus following the progress they made, which is logical.

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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