Re: [PATCH PING] Honor 'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH' when generating autoloads.

[Alex Kost]

Ludovic Courtès (2015-11-29 19:57 +0300) wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>>> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
>>> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:44:36 +0100
>>> 
>>>   https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-11/msg01547.html
>>> 
>>> Support bit-for-bit reproducible generation of autoloads.
>>> See <https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/>.
>>> Submitted on behalf of Alex Kost.
>>> 
>>> * lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el (autoload-insert-section-header): Check
>>> whether the 'SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH' environment variable is defined; use it
>>> as the TIME part of the 'autoloads' sexp when it is.
>>
>> Thanks, but I think we need to discuss this first.
>>
>> First, if this is Alex's code, please show his full name and email
>> address, as they will have to be mentioned in the commit message, and
>> we need to know the status of his legal paperwork, or the lack
>> thereof.
>
> First, Alex (Cc’d) asked me explicitly to do it on his behalf because he
> didn’t want to have to deal with this (IMO unfriendly) feedback
> personally.

Oh, no, no!  I had nothing against emacs-devel people, I just feel very
uncomfortable communicating with people in general.  Sorry for
misunderstanding.

-- 
Alex