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Message #53 received at 72314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Luis Felipe <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: Timothy Sample <samplet <at> ngyro.com>, 72314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo <at> cyberdimension.org>,
 Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> reproducible-builds.org>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: claims Guix can make about reproducibility (was Re: [bug#72314]
 [PATCH v1 1/3] website: Redesign home page.)
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:47:44 +0000

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El 31/07/24 a las 6:26, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) escribió:
> Luis Felipe <sirgazil <at> zoho.com> writes:
>>> Could you, Luis, in a new version of the patch add an asterisk that
>>> preserving likely will work but not always and we cannot guarantee this
>>> yet?  Cc to others for opinions.
>> Sure. I'll wait for other's opinions to see how to rewrite that part.
>>
>> When I presented the proposal, Simon had suggested changing that
>> particular part to "Get the same environment in the future"
>> (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2023-10/msg00137.html). Maybe
>> that would be enough?
> I had read the thread; but somehow missed Simon’s comment...  Yes, if
> that rewording makes Simon happy already, we can do that.
>
> However, writing “in the future“ (or just removing the word 50 from “50
> years later”) could lead to misconceptions.  There are concrete bugs
> hindering near-term reproducibility for some packages (e.g. those using
> mercurial) [1].
>
> Soo ... add an ugly asterisk saying “*currently only guaranteed for most
> packages“?

How about linking the asterisk to the blog post instead 
(https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2024/adventures-on-the-quest-for-long-term-reproducible-deployment/)?

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