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SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is useful in those cases where for a reason or another you can't remove timestamps. Initially we wanted to remove everything, but we also noti
by mapreri 11y ago
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is useful in those cases where for a reason or another you can't remove timestamps.
Initially we wanted to remove everything, but we also noticed it's easier to convince people/upstream to accept the support for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH than remove the timestamp entirely.
- LukeShu 11y agoThe `tar` format requires timestamps; so if the tarball products are to be reproducible, then you need to stick something there.