On 07/08/2015 06:44 PM, Dhole wrote: > Source: libxslt > Version: 1.1.28-2 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > User: reproducible-bui...@lists.alioth.debian.org > Usertags: toolchain timestamps > > Hi! > > While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed > that libxslt embeds timestamps when generating documentation. > > We have a proposal for using a deterministic timestamp [2] (based on > the latest debian/changelog entry) which is contained in the environment > variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (currently exported by debhelper in our > experimental framework). > > The attached patch proposes a way to use this variable to get > reproducible timestamps when generating docs, if the variable has been > set (if not, it falls back to the old behavior). > > > [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds > [2]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsProposal >
The submitted bug for the mentioned feature in debhelper can be found at: https://bugs.debian.org/791823 Regards, -- Dhole
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