[bug#70169] [PATCH v2 04/12] maint: Help help2man generate reproducible man-pages.

[pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)]

Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> writes:
> pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) writes:
>> Is 1 a better timestamp than 0?
>
> For files, using 1 is preferrable if it's not a source file.  We use 1
> for .go files, and 0 for .scm files, iirc.  SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is (only)
> used for the date in the document.  Without git, 0 is as good a guess
> for a reproducible date for use in a document as any, I think.
>
> Greetings,
> Janneke

Thank you for explaining.  So this SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH applies to all the
generated files in doc/ but still 0 is fine, because noone warns if they
are not later than source files, IIUC.

Regards,
Florian