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01/01: website: reproducible-build-summit-2019: Add some text on Java/An
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Andreas Enge |
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01/01: website: reproducible-build-summit-2019: Add some text on Java/Android. |
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Mon, 16 Dec 2019 03:48:45 -0500 (EST) |
andreas pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix-artwork.
commit 36c91c21237de996a3c58fb209d67602a2effd74
Author: Andreas Enge <address@hidden>
Date: Mon Dec 16 09:47:59 2019 +0100
website: reproducible-build-summit-2019: Add some text on Java/Android.
* website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md (author): Finalize list
of names.
[Java]: Add a paragraph and links.
[Guix Data Service]: Correct a typo.
---
website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md | 20 ++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md
b/website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md
index 40ec627..3eede64 100644
--- a/website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md
+++ b/website/drafts/reproducible-build-summit-2019.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
title: Reproducible Builds Summit, 5th edition
date: 2019-11-12 14:00
-author: Ludovic Courtès, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Andreas Enge, Christopher Baines,
YOUR NAME HERE!
+author: Ludovic Courtès, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Andreas Enge, Christopher Baines
tags: Reproducible builds
---
@@ -43,12 +43,20 @@ with a very vague hope of getting more than adb, fastboot
and a few more
utilities into Guix. The task looks daunting, since the sourcecode is
spread over a large number of git repositories with gigabytes of data,
and the idea of modular builds apparently has not influenced the design
-decisions. But all is not lost, people from the Reproducible/Rebuild Android
(?)
-project have done a lot of work to disentangle the sources, and we could
-also look for inspiration from the Replicant project. Interestingly, the
-Android NDK, which provides a _foreign function interface_ to C libraries,
+decisions. But all is not lost, Sylvain from
+[Android Rebuilds](http://android-rebuilds.beuc.net/)
+has done a lot of work to disentangle the sources, and we could
+also look for inspiration from the
+[Replicant project](https://www.replicant.us/).
+Interestingly, the Android NDK, which provides a
+_foreign function interface_ to C libraries,
appears to be an easier target.
+Another working group, in which none of us took part, evolved around
+[Maven](https://maven.apache.org/); Hans wrote a short
+[summary](https://forum.f-droid.org/t/trip-report-reproducible-builds-summit/8025)
+of the outcome.
+
Some discussions have also evolved around F-Droid, the free app store for
Android, and the topic of building the apps reproducibly and adding
relevant information to the
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ to mimic more closely that of ci; in particular, the build
farm results
are now exported to the web frontend.
We had quite some discussion (so far without conclusion) about the
-exact boundaries between the
+exact boundaries between
[Cuirass](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-cuirass.git) and
the [Guix Data
Service](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/data-service.git):