How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my container”

Re:How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my con... by rockwotj on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:40PM (#36886711)

I mean you still have to have reproducible builds either way, which is really what all this is about. Build in an hermetic environment!

:shakes-fist-at-bazel-for-not-being-easier-to-use:

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Re:How “It works in my machine” turns to “It works in my con... by matthewcroughan on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:04AM (#36891314)

"Easier to use" comes at a cost. I have to wonder whether there's a lower limit to how "easy" reproducibility can be. It is a matter of physics at some level, and the ease of reproducing software can often depend upon what its dependencies are and how easy *they* are to reproduce.

I think that using less software, and better software is part of the solution to making reproducibility easy. But FWIW, I do think that Nix lowers the barrier to making reproducible software.

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