This was posted to the the reproducible builds mailing list as "Argument about reproducible builds on usenet in 1999". A bit of a historical curiosity.<p><a href="https://reproducible-builds.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://reproducible-builds.org/</a><p><a href="https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinfo/rb-general" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/listinfo/rb-general</a>