Unverified Commit 443a5514 authored by Jacoba Neighbourhood's avatar Jacoba Neighbourhood
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history: link strip-nondeterminism and SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH

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@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ file could be used as the reference timestamp when needed.
This helped another idea: a generic tool that would post-process
different file formats to remove timestamps or other source of
non-determinism. Andrew Ayer further took the task of creating
`strip-nondeterminism`. The first released version handled files
[strip-nondeterminism]({{ "/tools#strip-nondeterminism" | relative_url }}).
The first released version handled files
created by gzip, Zip, Jar, Javadoc, and `.a` files.

## Giving up on build paths
@@ -172,9 +173,9 @@ change.

## Improved comparison tool

After `strip-nondeterminism` initial upload and integrating some
more changes discussed during DebConf14 in DebianPts:dpkg and
DebianPts:debhelper, Lunar [experimented with 172 core
After [strip-nondeterminism]({{ "/tools#strip-nondeterminism" | relative_url }})
initial upload and integrating some more changes discussed during DebConf14
in DebianPts:dpkg and DebianPts:debhelper, Lunar [experimented with 172 core
packages](http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/reproducible-builds/Week-of-Mon-20140915/000441.html).
30% were reproduced without further modifications.

@@ -259,8 +260,9 @@ Short mention of Lunar's talk to be written here. Add links.

To be written: the first real life meeting of the Debian team. Talk
given, roundstable discussion, hacking session. Mentioned in several
talks, incl DPL key note. `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` was invented around this
time too.
talks, incl DPL key note.
[SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH]({{ "/docs/source-date-epoch" | relative_url }})
was invented around this time too.

## Continous tests for Coreboot, OpenWrt, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Arch Linux and Fedora

@@ -304,4 +306,3 @@ which we still need to migrate to reproducible-builds.org.
## Contributors

See this page for an [incomplete list of contributors so far]({{ "/who/people" | relative_url }}).