[Reproducible-builds] Bug#797506: comix: Should not ship .pyc files

[Chris Lamb]

Source: comix
Version: 4.0.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: randomness
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [0], we have noticed
that comix could not be built reproducibly as it ships pyc files
instead of using an install-time helper to compile them.

This is additonally against Policy 3.7 [1], hence the severity.

The attached patch removes these files from the build system, but there
is really no obvious reason not to switch to dh-python, etc. If there
is, please document it in debian/rules or debian/README.Source.

Once applied, comix can be built reproducibly in our reproducible
toolchain.

 [0] https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
 [1]
 https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-module_packages.html#s-byte_compilation


Regards,

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