[PATCH 1/6] Remove build date from first page

[Chris Johns]

On 7/1/19 11:30 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 07/01/2019 12:49, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 07/01/2019 12:39, Chris Johns wrote:
>>>> On 7 Jan 2019, at 10:03 pm, Sebastian Huber
>>>> <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The usage of a build date prevents reproducible builds.
>>> -1
>>>
>>> I prefer a build date being present. For unreleased it marks the online
>>> builds and for releases it tags the day built.
>>
>> Adding the Git commit to the documents would be more useful. The build date is
>> completely arbitrary.
> 
> What do you think about replacing the date with a Git commit hash? I can try to
> do this.
> 

For branch builds this is OK and I am happy to see it added and for releases we
also need to have the release details.

Technically a hash is all that is needed so it is correct if you need to
determined the exact source used but is this what people expect with
documentation, ie is a date expected?

The catalog holds the build date which is shown if you point a browser at the
documentation. Our online page has this.

If the users and community are OK with no date in the documentation then I am
OK. I am still not sure how repeatable builds of docs can be made because of the
dependence on so many other parts that can vary. I also do not know how you
perform the comparison on a PDF.

Chris