[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#778571: [Reproducible-builds] sbuild: predictible build location for reproducible builds

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On Fri 2015-04-03 06:46:07 -0400, Holger Levsen wrote:
> I like /usr/src/debian/$packagename-$random where $random are 4 or 8 
> alphanumberic characters, as there might be situations where one wants to 
> build the same package (+version+suite) simultaneously on the same host.
>
> Thinking further, /usr/src/debian/$packagename_$version_$random might be 
> better.

Holger's proposal here seems to be in direct opposition to the stated
goal of #778571, which is to have the directory and path be precisely
predictable.  How do we get these goals to align?

        --dkg