[Git][reproducible-builds/reproducible-presentations][master] Proposed FOSSY2025 abstracts.

[Vagrant Cascadian (@vagrant)]

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886168f8 by Vagrant Cascadian at 2025-05-06T00:42:17-07:00
Proposed FOSSY2025 abstracts.

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+An Impatient Application of Reproducible Builds (Vagrant Cascadian)
+FOSSY2025
+
+I wanted a new feature available in the shiny new Dino XMPP client.
+It was uploaded to Debian, but it would take simply HOURS to be published on the Debian repositories.
+I had waited YEARS for this feature to be implemented; I could not wait any longer!
+The source code was available, and the build log was published...
+Impatient to have that new feature NOW!
+I had everything I needed to make the attempt!
+Resulting in a Reproducible Build of Dino,
+hours before nearly anyone else in the world!
+
+...
+
+Vagrant strives to make Reproducible Builds a best practices reality
+for everyone.  Vagrant discovered free software late last millenia and
+has been contributing to free software since the beginning of this
+millenia.  A long-time Debian Developer and contributor to Guix,
+tinkering with ARM and RISC-V systems.  At Portland's Free Geek,
+Vagrant dove into life as a free software developer, rebuilding
+electronic waste with FOSS, modifying or developing new software as
+needed.  That led to exciting work helping coordinate LTSP development
+shared between several different operating systems.  That sense of
+open collaboration has been a life-long habit.  Vagrant contrasts
+spending too much time on computers with bicycle commuting, aikido and
+a DIY solar hobby.


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+Never Mind the Checkboxes, Here's Reproducible Builds! (Vagrant Cascadian)
+FOSSY2025
+
+There are numerous policy compliance and regulatory processes being
+developed that target software development... but do they solve actual
+problems? Does it improve the quality of software? Do Software Bill of
+Materials (SBOMs) actually give you the information necessary to
+verify how a given software artifact was built? What is the goal of
+all these compliance checklists anyways... or more importantly, what
+*should* the goals be? If a software object is signed, who should be
+trusted to sign it, and can they be trusted ... forever?
+
+Could you imagine a world with many bureaucratic compliance checks
+being replaced with verifiable processes performed by arbitrary third
+parties?
+
+Let me introduce you to Reproducible Builds, a set of best practices
+which allow you to verify that software artifacts were built from the
+source code, allowing auditing for license compliance, providing
+security benefits, and remove the need to trust arbitrary software
+vendors.
+
+...
+
+Vagrant strives to make Reproducible Builds a best practices reality
+for everyone.  Vagrant discovered free software late last millenia and
+has been contributing to free software since the beginning of this
+millenia.  A long-time Debian Developer and contributor to Guix,
+tinkering with ARM and RISC-V systems.  At Portland's Free Geek,
+Vagrant dove into life as a free software developer, rebuilding
+electronic waste with FOSS, modifying or developing new software as
+needed.  That led to exciting work helping coordinate LTSP development
+shared between several different operating systems.  That sense of
+open collaboration has been a life-long habit.  Vagrant contrasts
+spending too much time on computers with bicycle commuting, aikido and
+a DIY solar hobby.



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