[Distutils] Reproducible builds (Sdist)

[Thomas Kluyver]

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017, at 07:16 PM, Matthias Bussonnier wrote:
> Second; is there a convention to store the SDE value ? I don't seem to
> be able to find one. It is nice to have reproducible build; but if
> it's a pain for reproducers to find the SDE value that highly decrease
> the value of SDE build.

Does it make sense to add a new optional metadata field to store the
value of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH if it's set when a distribution is built? I
guess it could cause problems if unpacking & repacking a tarball means
that its metadata is no longer accurate, though.

Thomas