support SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to make gem tar reproducible #2289
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Optionally respect the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable to be used
instead of Time.now to allow reproducible builds of created gem tarballs.
In case none is specified, fall back to the current time.
Description:
The problem is that using Time.now will change during time which makes created gem tarballs not reproducible (bit by bit identical).
This is related to making the .gemspec file's itself reproducible: #2278
Spec:
https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/
Buy-in:
https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/buy-in/
Tasks:
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