bug#29196: upstreaming of reproducibility related patches

bug#29196: upstreaming of reproducibility related patches

[ng0]

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Hi,

as I wrote in #29135, we should upstream the patches we
gather for reproducibility. Share with upstream what is
applicable to more software than just Guix included
definitions of the software etc.
Attached to it: the usual conversation, outreach,
public relations, discussions thing.

We have no list for this so far, so we should first
look into the patch-file patches (the obvious ones,
in gnu/packages/patches/), and after that into some
maybe not so obvious fixes we keep in the definitions
themselves (via substitute etc).
So we need a list, and then motivated people can work
on this. Even if people is just a couple. It helps.

We need to share this, to avoid duplicate work elsewhere.
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bug#29196: upstreaming of reproducibility related patches

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

ng0 writes:

> as I wrote in #29135, we should upstream the patches we
> gather for reproducibility. Share with upstream what is
> applicable to more software than just Guix included
> definitions of the software etc.

> We have no list for this so far
> We need to share this, to avoid duplicate work elsewhere.

What about the reproducible builds list?

    https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinfo/rb-general
    General discussions about reproducible builds <rb-general@lists.reproducible-builds.org>

At the reproducible-builds summit last week in Berlin some work has been
done on the topic of upstreaming patches.  I think some effort has gone
(is going?) into a email template that starts by explaining what
reproducible-builds is, why it is important and why upstream should
consider taking the patch.

Greetings,
janneke

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bug#29196: upstreaming of reproducibility related patches

[ng0]

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Jan Nieuwenhuizen transcribed 1.0K bytes:
> ng0 writes:
> 
> > as I wrote in #29135, we should upstream the patches we
> > gather for reproducibility. Share with upstream what is
> > applicable to more software than just Guix included
> > definitions of the software etc.
> 
> > We have no list for this so far
> > We need to share this, to avoid duplicate work elsewhere.
> 
> What about the reproducible builds list?

Well, list as in a list that lists our patches, not a mailinglist ;)

>     https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinfo/rb-general
>     General discussions about reproducible builds <rb-general@lists.reproducible-builds.org>
> 
> At the reproducible-builds summit last week in Berlin some work has been
> done on the topic of upstreaming patches.  I think some effort has gone
> (is going?) into a email template that starts by explaining what
> reproducible-builds is, why it is important and why upstream should
> consider taking the patch.
> 
> Greetings,
> janneke
> 
> -- 
> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org
> Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar® http://AvatarAcademy.com
> 

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bug#29196: upstreaming of reproducibility related patches

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:

> ng0 writes:
>
>> as I wrote in #29135, we should upstream the patches we
>> gather for reproducibility. Share with upstream what is
>> applicable to more software than just Guix included
>> definitions of the software etc.
>
>> We have no list for this so far
>> We need to share this, to avoid duplicate work elsewhere.
>
> What about the reproducible builds list?
>
>     https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinfo/rb-general
>     General discussions about reproducible builds <rb-general@lists.reproducible-builds.org>

Indeed.  There’s also the issue database initiated by Debian, which we
can contribute to and borrow from:

  https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/reproducible/notes.git/tree/

Since this is not a bug, please follow-up to guix-devel.

Thanks,
Ludo’.