[Python-modules-team] Bug#827313: cherrypy3: please make the build reproducible

[Sascha Steinbiss]

Source: cherrypy3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timestamps randomness

Hi!

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

The attached patch ensures that documentation built bu Epydoc does not contain
non-deterministic values such as memory addresses or timestamps, which are
currently inserted by custom __repr__() overrides present in CherryPy.
Once applied, cherrypy3 can be built reproducibly in our current experimental
framework.

Many thanks for considering the patch. 
Best regards
Sascha

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