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

[Val Lorentz]

On 19/08/2015 20:07, Dmitry Shachnev wrote:
> * 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.

I will do it.

> * 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.

I haven't tried, and I wouldn't rely on a hash function written myself.

Another solution would be to keep PYTHONHASHSEED=random globally and set
PYTHONHASHSEED=0 only when generating the grammar.

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