I still find it absurd that a herd of humans adopts the unfounded reasoning of an elite, however charismatic and talented they may be on certain subjects, simply because unsubstantiated claims are stated loudly and often enough. In discussions like @andi reports, there’s often a little voice asking for evidences, never heard of course (which led to my ironic “The evidences” posts). Both past and recent history have unfortunately shown this to be true on many occasions; I won’t say any more, or we’ll end up directly at Godwin’s point[1]…
My first reaction to all this was to follow the well-known rule inherited from the old Usenet era: “Don’t feed the trolls.” Inevitably, people ask questions.
My second reaction was: “Why not laugh about it?” and share my amusement at the absurdity and satire. Still not enough.
My third reaction will be technical, since we have to get there. I can predict in advance that this will not be enough! But since it will bring real benefits (at least for unofficial builds, as previously explained), the task is worthwhile.
Implementing build reproducibility will probably require some effort and time[2], so don’t expect results too quickly. And I completely agree with @petefoth. The more time we spend on unproductive tasks, the less we improve the system, at everyone’s expense.
… sorry.