* Fay Stegerman <f...@obfusk.net> [241123 19:58]: > I agree that it *should not* be Debian's responsibility to ensure > compatibility > with Fedora/Windows/etc., but the reality is that if "you need the same tools > to > generate the same output" -- which right now means using the same JDK and > Android toolchain but in 99% of cases doesn't require using the same OS since > everyone, including Google [2], standardised on zlib -- becomes "you cannot > reproduce APKs built on a OS other than Debian on Debian", that's not just > "annoying for the involved parties": it will effectively break the ability to > verify reproducibility of many Android apps.
Sorry, but what exactly are you saying here? That Debian should be bound by the decision of a BigTech Corporate and by thousands of individual Android developers, neither of which might be interested in Debian? To maybe make the argument the other way 'round: if Google switches to zlib-ng tomorrow, should Debian be required to switch to zlib-ng? I just don't see that's how it works. Chris
