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Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible by rtpg on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @08:07PM (#43488994)
It's super nice to have timestamps as a quick way to know what program you're looking at.

Sticking it into --version output is helpful to know if, for example, the Python binary you're looking at is actually the one you just built rather than something shadowing that

Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible by izacus on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:32PM (#43498435)
The whole point or reproducible builds is that you don't need to rely on timestamps and similar information to know which binary you're looking at.