fix: Ensure bit-for-bit reproducibility of AppImage builds.#193
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Normalization of file timestamps and permissions was happening before some plugins were copied and the deploy step was run, making files in the AppDir non-deterministic. We now move the normalization to just before AppImage creation. Also, stop unsetting `SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` during packaging. To avoid conflicts with `appimagetool`'s `-fstime` argument (which defaults to the current time), wrap `mksquashfs` to strip the `-fstime` flag, allowing it to honor the environment variable for the SquashFS superblock.
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Normalization of file timestamps and permissions was happening before some plugins were copied and the deploy step was run, making files in the AppDir non-deterministic. We now move the normalization to just before AppImage creation.
Also, stop unsetting
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCHduring packaging. To avoid conflicts withappimagetool's-fstimeargument (which defaults to the current time), wrapmksquashfsto strip the-fstimeflag, allowing it to honor the environment variable for the SquashFS superblock.This change is