[Git][reproducible-builds/reproducible-website][master] Tweak text about semantically equivalent builds

[Chris Lamb (@lamby)]

Chris Lamb pushed to branch master at Reproducible Builds / reproducible-website


Commits:
da9e486f by David A. Wheeler at 2023-06-02T21:10:06+00:00
Tweak text about semantically equivalent builds
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- _reports/2023-05.md


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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ On [our *rb-general* mailing list](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinf
 
 [![]({{ "/images/reports/2023-05/semantically.png#right" | relative_url }})](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/thread.html#2968)
 
-* David Wheeler started a thread [suggesting the adoption of a "semantically reproducible build" term and concept](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/002968.html) which generated a [significant number of replies](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/thread.html#2968).
+* David A. Wheeler [started a thread](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/002968.html) noting that the [OSSGadget project's oss-reproducible tool](https://github.com/microsoft/OSSGadget/tree/main/src/oss-reproducible/README.md) was measuring something related to but not the same as reproducible builds. They had adopted the term “semantically reproducible build” term for what it measured, which they defined as being "if its build results can be either recreated exactly (a bit for bit reproducible build), or if the differences between the release package and a rebuilt package are not expected to produce functional differences in normal cases." This [generated a significant number of replies](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/thread.html#2968). Several were concerned that people might confuse what they were measuring with reproducible builds. After discussion, the OSSGadget developers decided to [switch to the term "semantically equivalent"](https://github.com/microsoft/OSSGadget/issues/426) for what they measured, to reduce the risk of confusion.
 
 * Vagrant Cascadian (*vagrantc*) posted an update about [GCC, binutils, and Debian's build-essential set](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2023-May/002961.html) with "some progress, some hope, and I daresay, some fears…".
 



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