[rb-general] Bug#926242: jenkins.debian.org: Please test reproducibility status of Debian Installer images

[Cyril Brulebois]

Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org> (2019-06-05):
> I naturally understand your hesitation but on the other hand I would
> truly love to see this in buster. Indeed, we may actually have done
> enough work to boast about having reproducible installer images for
> the upcoming release (!) although without testing on our more-
> comprehensive testing framework it is difficult to tell at the
> moment...
> 
> Devil's advocate: this is surely unlikely to break the release of
> buster itself? I mean, for the "final" official buster builds, that is?

That's exactly the point: I don't think it's unlikely. And it can't be
tested until it reaches the buildds. At which point, seeing breakages
isn't exactly what we want when a release is about to happen.

As a middle ground, how does the following sound? First test this in
unstable with the first alpha for bullseye, and possible backport it
in a point release?


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi at debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant
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