[Git][reproducible-builds/specs/source-date-epoch-spec][content] General improvements of the advantages list

[Bernhard M. Wiedemann (@bmwiedemann-guest)]

Bernhard M. Wiedemann pushed to branch content at Reproducible Builds / specs / source-date-epoch-spec


Commits:
8f233852 by Robin Candau at 2026-10-25T03:14:29+01:00
General improvements of the advantages list

Co-authored-by: Holger Levsen <holger at layer-acht.org>
Co-authored-by: Bernhard M. Wiedemann <bwiedemann at suse.de>

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1 changed file:

- source-date-epoch-spec.xml


Changes:

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source-date-epoch-spec.xml
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@@ -72,28 +72,31 @@
 		malware on users' machines.
 	</para>
 	<para>
-		In addition, a reproducible build has
+		In addition, Reproducible Builds have
 		other technical advantages:
 	</para>
 	<itemizedlist>
 	<listitem><para>
-		Requires the removal of any non-deterministic and/or unsafe
-		behaviour, eg. connecting to the internet to download
-		build-dependencies or reading from uninitialised memory
+		Aid debugging by removing of any non-deterministic
+		behaviour introduced by the build process
 	</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>
-		Detects corrupted or outdated build environments
+		Detect corrupted or outdated build environments
 	</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>
-		Provides validation of packages built on foreign
-		architectures
+		Provide validation of packages built on foreign
+		architectures when cross-compiling
 	</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>
-		Reduces time-to-detection of a build host compromise
+		Reduce time-to-detection of a build host compromise
 	</para></listitem>
 	<listitem><para>
 		Can show that proposed changes have no impact on binaries
 	</para></listitem>
+	<listitem><para>
+		Other examples are available at <ulink
+			url="https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/why/">https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/why/</ulink>.
+	</para></listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
 	<sect2>
 		<title>Build timestamps</title>



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