The consistency is helpful for gauging Gitian build progress. Right now it's necessary to remember which platform builds in which order, which can be confusing if you're attempting to get a quick idea of how far along your builds are.
A slight improvement over 2d2d8fae3d -- we don't know that it's the daemon, it could be the GUI.
2d2d8fae3d
libpng was being sha256summed twice, and miniupnpc wasn't being checked at all.
Micha