Re: Things to do before the next Ant release?!

Hi Stefan,

Le 08/08/2026 à 12:32, Stefan Bodewig a écrit :

> * Is my change to DateUtils#getNow fine as it is or should I separate
>   the "override the notion of now" and "we want reproducible build"
>   questions? If we opt for the latter, what should be the signal, is it
>   the presence of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH (as in getNow) or something else?
>   And what should be "now" if it is something else?

Thinking further about it, instead of DateUtils.getNow() I'd suggest 
adding a Project.getBuildDate() or Project.getDate() method. That looks 
more natural and clearly communicates what the date represents. Also the 
fact that getNow() returns a date that is not now is a bit counterintuitive.

Regarding Project.isReproducibleBuild(), I’m not sure it's needed. One 
could argue that builds should always be reproducible by default, so 
there shouldn't be a strong use case for querying that state explicitly.

Emmanuel Bourg