#961764: texi2html: texi2html embeds User and Date information in generated .html files

[Vagrant Cascadian]

On 2020-05-28, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> Files generated by texi2html often embed the build user and build date.

It turns out the build date used respects SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, so the date
is not a big issue.


> The attached patch removes the code which embeds the build date and
> build user in order to achieve reproducible builds for the texi2html
> package itself, as well as several other packages identified by the
> reproducible builds project:
>
>   https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/issues/unstable/texi2html_captures_users_gecos_issue.html
>
> Maybe additional packages would benefit from this patch as well.

I've tested the attached a simpler one-line patch that removes the
default user value rather than the entire code handling user and date.

I've read:

  https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org

But did not see anything about what the process for a QA upload was...


As this fixes reproducibility issues in several packages, it would be
nice to see this included in time for bullseye!

Thanks for your review, and please let me know if I should proceed with
the upload, or any changes to make, or process to follow, etc.


live well,
  vagrant

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