RFR: 8275745: Reproducible copyright headers

[Emmanuel Bourg]

On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 23:14:35 GMT, Emmanuel Bourg <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

> The copyright headers are generated at build time, and the year inserted in the template depends on the current date. This means the headers are not reproducible if the project is built a year later. The year in the headers could be derived from the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable to make the build reproducible (this variable is already used in other parts of the build).

Dummy comment to keep this issue alive (auto closing after 8 weeks of inactivity is a bad idea)

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Unfortunately I don't have a JBS account, so I'm stuck here bumping this PR every 4 weeks until someone notices it.

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Yes, 5 months later I now understand that the GitHub issue tracker isn't the right entry point to contribute to OpenJDK, sadly.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1498