Re: towards a reproducible forky

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>]

On Sat, Sep 27, 2025 at 06:31:56PM +0200, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote:
> Hi Santiago,
> 
> * Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org> [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.