| # Reproducible builds |
| |
| A reproducible build means the following (as quoted from [the |
| reproducible builds project site](https://reproducible-builds.org/)): |
| |
| > Reproducible builds are a set of software development practices that |
| create a verifiable path from human readable source code to the |
| binary code used by computers. |
| |
| Roughly what this means is that if two different people compile the |
| project from source, their outputs are bitwise identical to each |
| other. This allows people to verify that binaries downloadable from |
| the net actually come from the corresponding sources and have not, for |
| example, had malware added to them. |
| |
| Meson aims to support reproducible builds out of the box with zero |
| additional work (assuming the rest of the build environment is set up |
| for reproducibility). If you ever find a case where this is not |
| happening, it is a bug. Please file an issue with as much information |
| as possible and we'll get it fixed. |
