Well I think that's the crux of the issue, i've been using the term reproducible build to mean something different for the last 25 years. I'm after functional e

Well I think that's the crux of the issue, i've been using the term reproducible build to mean something different for the last 25 years. I'm after functional equivalence not binary equivalence. Now it might be impossible to guarantee one without the other, but that's all I care about.