[source-date-epoch-spec] 01/01: Make it clear that values must be reproducible

Ximin Luo infinity0 at debian.org
Wed Oct 18 15:26:13 UTC 2017


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commit 7fb487e5e238737f600674b45ec0006819e224f1
Author: Ximin Luo <infinity0 at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Oct 18 17:25:23 2017 +0200

    Make it clear that values must be reproducible
---
 source-date-epoch-spec.xml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source-date-epoch-spec.xml b/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
index 0a52f6a..3d468b6 100644
--- a/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
+++ b/source-date-epoch-spec.xml
@@ -140,8 +140,10 @@
 			of <command>date +%s</command>.
 		</para>
 		<para>
-			The value SHOULD be set to the last modification time
-			of the source, incorporating any packaging-specific
+			The value MUST be reproducible (deterministic) across
+			different executions of the build, depending only on the
+			source code. It SHOULD be set to the last modification
+			time of the source, incorporating any packaging-specific
 			modifications. For example, in Debian, the timestamp
 			of the latest entry in
 			<filename>debian/changelog</filename>.

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