On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 06:31:56PM +0200, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote: > Hi Santiago, > > * Santiago Vila <[email protected]> [2025-09-27 17:46]: > > > My ambition: packages in forky must build reproducible. > > > > If this is the end of packages which FTBFS randomly, I celebrate. > > Sadly no. reproduce.debian.net uses the buildinfo files to create a build > environment with the same build dependencies and versions installed as > during the original build. Whereas you build the packages against the latest > versions of those build dependencies. I think you are doing a great service > with these tests.
Thanks a lot for your reply. It seems that the thing we are aiming here is some sort of automatic check to prevent regressions. So, yes, I agree that the kind of thing I was talking about would not be easy to implement, and should be considered separately or using a different framework. Thanks.
