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

[Dmitry Shachnev]

Hi Val,

On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:07:32 +0200, Val Lorentz wrote:
> 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.

Thanks a lot for the patch! This was actually in my TODO list, and you
helped me to make it a bit shorter :)

A couple of questions though:

* Will you forward the upstream part to upstream, or should I do that?
  It is a simple as a pull request to https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx.

* The PYTHONHASHSEED setting in debian/rules was there for purpose
  (needed to make sure tests pass with it, as there was a bug in earlier
  versions when they didn't). Is it possible to keep the old value?
  Maybe you can use something else than builtin hash()?

  If it's impossible, then debian/rules should set PYTHONHASHSEED=random
  explicitly when running tests.

--
Dmitry Shachnev
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