mapreri

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   by mapreri 9y ago

   Also, Debian binary packages don't ship prebuilt python bytecode, which is compiled at installation time. (just to reply to the specific example)
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   by mapreri 10y ago

   I know, I collaborate with several, and I am both an Ubuntu an d Debian developer :) Just that I know no Canonical employee is working with us on Reproducible Builds. (I only remember a very spotty contact like 2 years ago on IRC from some
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   by mapreri 10y ago

   Just a note about Reproducible Builds: "We've been working with Debian upstream on this over the last few years, and will continue to do so" — well, apart from the regular sync/merge flow from Debian to Ubuntu, AFAIK Can
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   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