Journal article in reproducible builds

[Simon Butler]

Hi Holger

On 2022-11-30 at 13:23 GMT, Holger Levsen <holger at layer-acht.org> wrote: 
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> Hi Simon,
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 07:36:58AM +0000, Simon Butler via rb-general wrote:
>> I'm pleased to announce that Software Quality Journal have published a
>> article on reproducible builds. The article is open access and is at
>> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11219-022-09607-z
>
> wow, awesome & thanks for sharing this here!
>

Thank you

>> The article describes an interview study that focuses on the adoption
>> and uses of of R-Bs in industry - with examples, and some pros and
>> cons. So, while the research is not particularly technical, it gives a
>> perspective of practice and some applications. And, hopefully, some
>> ideas.
>
> I was very happy to learn that R-B is now used in (some of)
> the industry for the development of flight safety-critical applications!

Indeed, it was pleasing to discover that a safety body was happy to
certify a software development process using R-B. I expect that there
are examples in other safety-critical domains, but we didn't find them
in this study.

Simon