Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Santiago, I think you are confusing repeatable builds with reproducible builds. When we talk about reproducible builds, we mean what we documented at https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/definition/ to quote from there: "A build is reproducible if given the same source code, build environment

Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Ximin Luo
Santiago Vila: > Greetings. > > Before I use this rationale more times in some discussions out there, I'd > like to be sure that there is a consensus. > > What's the definition of reproducible? It is more like A or more like B? > > A. Every time the package is attempted to build, the build succe

Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Vagrant Cascadian
On 2017-01-16, Santiago Vila wrote: > Before I use this rationale more times in some discussions out there, I'd > like to be sure that there is a consensus. > > What's the definition of reproducible? It is more like A or more like B? I don't know if you're aware of the recently created: https:/

Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Paul Sherwood
On 2017-01-16 11:26, Santiago Vila wrote: Before I use this rationale more times in some discussions out there, I'd like to be sure that there is a consensus. What's the definition of reproducible? It is more like A or more like B? A. Every time the package is attempted to build, the build s

Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Paul Sherwood
On 2017-01-16 14:28, Santiago Vila wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 02:19:44PM +, Paul Sherwood wrote: On 2017-01-16 11:26, Santiago Vila wrote: > Before I use this rationale more times in some discussions out there, > I'd > like to be sure that there is a consensus. > > What's the definitio

Re: What do we really mean by "reproducible"?

2017-01-16 Thread Santiago Vila
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 02:19:44PM +, Paul Sherwood wrote: > On 2017-01-16 11:26, Santiago Vila wrote: > > Before I use this rationale more times in some discussions out there, > > I'd > > like to be sure that there is a consensus. > > > > What's the definition of reproducible? It is more like