On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 02:04:03PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > IIRC you said in some other thread that dh-buildinfo is causing you > issues. If that is the case (= if I'm not misremembering), an upload > that "defuses" dh-buildinfo would immediately solve the issue. > > And then maintainers can get to their bugs whenever. Possibly only > when dh-buildinfo actually gets removed from unstable. > > So - does dh-buildinfo cause you issues?
yes. several:
- dh-buildinfo makes packages less reproducible as the *current* build
environment is included in the packages. (while not having them stored
inside the packages allows or at least doesn't block 100% identical
rebuilds in a slighlty different build environment.)
- it increases build times, thus ressource usages and often humans wait
for builds.
- it increases installed size, both for the archive as well as on
millions of installations.
- it's not useful at all, as it's only used by 5% of the packages, while 100%
of the packages build with dpkg produce .buildinfo files outside the
packages built.
It's not the greatest bug in the world, yet it is a bug.
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