[Python-modules-team] Bug#795976: sphinx: please make the build reproducible (timestamps, randomness)

[Val Lorentz]

Source: sphinx
Version: 1.3.1-4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi!

While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
that sphinx could not be built reproducibly.

The attached patch removes build timestamp from the output
documentation, makes domains sorted in HTML documentation, and makes
generated automata (and their pickle dump) deterministic. Once applied,
sphinx (and packages using sphinx) can be built reproducibly in our
current experimental framework.

 [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds

Regards,
Val
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