[Python-modules-team] Bug#777635: Bug#777635: python-odf: please make the build reproducible

[marivalen]

Hi,

On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:25:04 +0100 "W. Martin Borgert"
<debacle at debian.org> wrote:
>[..]
> Do you think,
> not having timestamps in HTML generated by doxygen would be
> a useful default? Maybe even acceptable by upstream?
> 

Doxygen upstream has agreed to change the default value of
HTML_TIMESTAMP from YES to NO:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745439

This has been in Debian since doxygen version 1.8.9.1-3 see bug #780617

> Otherwise, all Debian packages that use doxygen need to be
> changed to use HTML_TIMESTAMP=NO.
> 

Most of the packages became immediately reproducible after doxygen
changed its default. In the case of python-odf this was not possible
because the value of HTML_TIMESTAMP is explicitly set to YES.
Therefore the patch made by Chris Lamb is the best solution for this
package.

For a discussion about the best practice please see box2d bug #779223
and the wiki page:
https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/TimestampsInDocumentationGeneratedByDoxygen

Kind Regards,
akira