Bug#885327: lintian: Please warn about packages that ship (non-reproducible) .doctree files

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Subject: Bug#885327: lintian: Please warn about packages that ship (non-reproducible) .doctree files
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:42:38 +0000
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Reply-to: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>, 885327@bugs.debian.org

Package: lintian
Version: 2.5.65
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-CC: reproducible-builds@lists.alioth.debian.org

Hi,

Please warn about packages that ship Python .doctree files.

They are not needed to display the documentation and contain the
absolute build path, thus affecting reproducibility.


Regards,

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