On Sat, 7 May 2022 04:17:13 GMT, John Neffenger <[email protected]> wrote:

>> This pull request allows for reproducible builds of JavaFX on Linux, macOS, 
>> and Windows by defining the `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` environment variable. For 
>> example, the following commands create a reproducible build:
>> 
>> 
>> $ export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
>> $ bash gradlew sdk jmods javadoc
>> $ strip-nondeterminism -v -T $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH build/jmods/*.jmod
>> 
>> 
>> The three commands:
>> 
>> 1. set the build timestamp to the date of the latest source code change,
>> 2. build the JavaFX SDK libraries, JMOD archives, and API documentation, and
>> 3. recreate the JMOD files with stable file modification times and ordering.
>> 
>> The third command won't be necessary once Gradle can build the JMOD archives 
>> or the `jmod` tool itself has the required support. For more information on 
>> the environment variable, see the [`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`][1] page. For more 
>> information on the command to recreate the JMOD files, see the 
>> [`strip-nondeterminism`][2] repository. I'd like to propose that we allow 
>> for reproducible builds in JavaFX 17 and consider making them the default in 
>> JavaFX 18.
>> 
>> #### Fixes
>> 
>> There are at least four sources of non-determinism in the JavaFX builds:
>> 
>> 1. Build timestamp
>> 
>>     The class `com.sun.javafx.runtime.VersionInfo` in the JavaFX Base module 
>> stores the time of the build. Furthermore, for builds that don't run on the 
>> Hudson continuous integration tool, the class adds the build time to the 
>> system property `javafx.runtime.version`.
>> 
>> 2. Modification times
>> 
>>     The JAR, JMOD, and ZIP archives store the modification time of each file.
>> 
>> 3. File ordering
>> 
>>     The JAR, JMOD, and ZIP archives store their files in the order returned 
>> by the file system. The native shared libraries also store their object 
>> files in the order returned by the file system. Most file systems, though, 
>> do not guarantee the order of a directory's file listing.
>> 
>> 4. Build path
>> 
>>     The class `com.sun.javafx.css.parser.Css2Bin` in the JavaFX Graphics 
>> module stores the absolute path of its `.css` input file in the 
>> corresponding `.bss` output file, which is then included in the JavaFX 
>> Controls module.
>> 
>> This pull request modifies the Gradle and Groovy build files to fix the 
>> first three sources of non-determinism. A later pull request can modify the 
>> Java files to fix the fourth.
>> 
>> [1]: 
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!JuNdzxPGDD7F5prYh4TQ0x1uwc8Ev14ALbhasMCfUyMXqCVIMfY2X4YeEDwUJAtRzzTSgQYf8MvdfMkG_Esx$
>>  
>> [2]: 
>> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/strip-nondeterminism__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!JuNdzxPGDD7F5prYh4TQ0x1uwc8Ev14ALbhasMCfUyMXqCVIMfY2X4YeEDwUJAtRzzTSgQYf8MvdfCRujcWL$
>>  
>
> John Neffenger has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a 
> merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 14 commits:
> 
>  - Comment out 'jmod --date' until building on JDK 19
>    
>    Support for the 'jmod --date' option was added to JDK 19 starting
>    with the 19+2 early-access build, and it was backported to JDK 17
>    starting with release 17.0.3. It is not available in JDK 18.
>  - Merge 'master' into allow-reproducible-builds
>  - Make minimal changes for new '--date' option
>  - Add new '--date' option to JMOD task
>  - Add '--source-date' option to JMOD task
>  - Get build timestamp in UTC and set ZIP timestamps
>    
>    Create the build timestamp as a zoned date and time in UTC instead
>    of a local date and time. If SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is defined, set the
>    last modification time of ZIP and JAR entries to the local date and
>    time in UTC of the instant defined by SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
>    
>    Add a comment as a reminder to make JMOD files deterministic when
>    the following enhancements are complete:
>    
>    * Enable deterministic file content ordering for Jar and Jmod
>      https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8276764
>      
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/6395__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!JuNdzxPGDD7F5prYh4TQ0x1uwc8Ev14ALbhasMCfUyMXqCVIMfY2X4YeEDwUJAtRzzTSgQYf8MvdfJNVzMkI$
>  
>    
>    * Enable jar and jmod to produce deterministic timestamped content
>      https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8276766
>      
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/6481__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!JuNdzxPGDD7F5prYh4TQ0x1uwc8Ev14ALbhasMCfUyMXqCVIMfY2X4YeEDwUJAtRzzTSgQYf8MvdfJHoBGOK$
>  
>  - Merge branch 'master' into allow-reproducible-builds
>  - Make build of SDK ZIP bundle reproducible
>  - Merge branch 'master' into allow-reproducible-builds
>  - Merge branch 'master' into allow-reproducible-builds
>  - ... and 4 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/compare/d69a498c...3fd4449b

I am a bit confused by the goal of this PR. If the goal is to allow for 
reproducible builds on the exact same system, then I think this looks great.
But if we want to have reproducibility amongst ephemeral systems, there is lots 
of other work to be done.

>From a previous comment (`The SBOM is the next step in allowing for 
>reproducible builds in any environment, but it's not a part of this pull 
>request.`) I understand that the goal is not reproducibility in any 
>environment though -- so I won't open the can of worms in this PR.
It would be good to have confirmation about this goal though?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/446

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