randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases not very random?

Holger Levsen holger at layer-acht.org
Wed Apr 13 10:57:36 BST 2022


On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 09:37:07AM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> I've noticed nearly all of the packages marked
> "randomness_in_r_rdb_rds_databases" actaully appear to be not random at
> all, but rather a deterministic result derived from the build path:
> 
> ~1200 packages that FTBR in unstable:
> ~1200 build reproducibly in bookworm:

good catch!
 
[...] 
> Should this be clarified somehow?

I'd say so, yes.

> Our notes are generally a best effort thing and we don't want to get too
> caught up in exacting details or semantic arguments, but it might be
> good to be more specific when we can? :)

sure! :)


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