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Re:I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again by akoboldfrying on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @05:30PM (#42785909)
>But really containerizing the build environment is not related to deterministic builds

What would you say the goal of containerising builds is, if not reproducibility?

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Re:I'll think twice before using GitHub Actions again by carlmr on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:25AM (#42790411)
They didn't say reproducibility, they said determinism.

If you use a container with the same apt-get commands and the same OS, you already separate out almost all the reproducibility issues. What you get will be a very similar environment.

But it's not deterministic as you point out, that takes a lot more effort.

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