On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 03:43:00PM +0000, Ximin Luo wrote: > Adrian Bunk: > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:37:00AM +0000, Ximin Luo wrote: > >> [..] > >> > >> Fair enough. I actually spotted that but thought it was better to get > >> "something" into Policy rather than nitpick. I guess other people were > >> thinking similar things. Well, lesson learnt, I will be more forceful next > >> time. > >> ... > > > > What is the point of getting "something" into policy, when it is known > > to not match existing practice and that what is being added to policy > > will be ignored by everyone? > > > >> The sentence I amended said "most environment variables" so our intent is > >> clear. > >> ... > > > > This is not about "intent", this is about giving an exact definition > > of reproducibility for Debian. > > > > The definition should then match what is recorded in .buildinfo > > and what the reproducible builds infrastructure is testing. > > > > The exact wording that was added, was a too-loose requirement. I'm now > proposing to make the requirement more strict, in accordance with the tests > that we're running. Do you have any comments on my proposal? >...
Will both dpkg-genbuildinfo and the reproducible builds infrastructure implement this definition? Any definition is fine for me as long as it will match what is actually being done.[1] > X cu Adrian [1] not excluding future changes, but at the time the policy will be published it should match reality -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed