Re: Enabling the WITH_REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD knob for 12.0-REL

> On 10 September 2018 at 12:51, Rodney W. Grimes
> <freebsd-rwg_at_pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> wrote:
> >
> > Why not just turn this on and leave it on?
> 
> I know a number of developers want to keep the metadata for their own
> builds at least.

And we do not really know what the users position is on this...
and developers also run on stable/X, they may not like
this flipped there, though IMHO we should not be catering so
much to developers, while shooting users.

> 
> We have essentially three different levels of metadata that are
> arguably sensible:
> 
> 1. Major/minor version, release/branch name, architecture
> 2. Version control information
> 3. Path, user, date, time, host
> 
> And three kinds of working trees:
> 
> 1. Non-versioned with/without modifications (e.g., a src tarball)
> 2. git/svn/other checkout, without modifications
> 3. git/svn/other checkout, with modifications
> 
> What I'm proposing for 12.0 gives us 1+2 always (regardless of the
> state of the tree).
> 
> I think there's more discussion to be had on the mapping between the
> tree type/state and amount of metadata to include. If we come to a
> consensus I'll handle it, but don't want to hold up a change destined
> for 12.0 with a broader discussion.

I think there is more discussion to be had before we flip
this knob anyplace.

-- 
Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes_at_freebsd.org