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benefits: Mention porting benefit. 

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(h2 [For distributors])
(p [Bootstrappable implementations provide clear provenance tracking:
the dependency graph of your distribution packages shows how each binary was obtained.])
(p [Having an automated process for bootstrapping your distribution on existing architectures greatly simplifies porting to new architectures.
With a formalised system bootstrap process you can just focus on issues specific to the new architecture.])
(h2 [For developers])
(p [If you are a compiler writer, making your compiler bootstrappable from a different language will simplify the development process (no need to carry large pre-built binaries around).