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It allows verifying that the binaries actually match the source, which is extremely valuable.

• charcircuit 6mo ago
  Bit for bit matching is not required for that.
  • Hendrikto 5mo ago
    It makes it much simpler and more robust though. Also, it allows for content addressing a la Nix, among other benefits.
    • charcircuit 5mo ago
      I reject that those benefits are actually that useful compared to the effort needed to do so. You can content addressing without reproducible builds. You just have a canonical version, which typically is built by the application developer.