[Python-modules-team] Bug#773381: subliminal: sort providers to make the build reproducible

[Etienne Millon]

Package: subliminal
Version: 0.7.4-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: newcomer

Hi,

Subliminal's build is currently not reproducible:

https://reproducible.debian.net/userContent/rb-pkg/subliminal.html

The reason is that the manpage is generated with help2man and that the
provider list in help does not appear in the same order at each run:

% subliminal --help|grep 'providers to'
                        providers to use (tvsubtitles, addic7ed,
% subliminal --help|grep 'providers to'
                        providers to use (opensubtitles, podnapisi, addic7ed,
% subliminal --help|grep 'providers to'
                        providers to use (podnapisi, tvsubtitles, addic7ed,

Sorting the list should do the trick.

I added the newcomer tag, so I am happy to mentor someone in the
process of fixing this bug.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages subliminal depends on:
ii  python3             3.4.2-2
ii  python3-subliminal  0.7.4-1

subliminal recommends no packages.

subliminal suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Etienne Millon