Bug#912784: stretch-pu: package davix/0.6.4-1.1+deb9u1

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

[I realise this has sat in "moreinfo limbo" for a long while now,
sorry]

On Mon, 2019-07-08 at 12:49 +0200, Mattias Ellert wrote:
> mån 2019-07-08 klockan 12:04 +0200 skrev Julien Cristau:
> > On Mon, Jul  8, 2019 at 11:54:18 +0200, Mattias Ellert wrote:
> > 
> > > > Sorry for not getting back to you again sooner.
> > > > 
> > > > The bug fix sounds OK. What's the d/rules change about? It's
> > > > not
> > > > mentioned in the changelog.
> > > > 
> > > > +	rm -rf debian/tmp/usr/share/doc/davix/html/.doctrees
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > 
> > > > Adam
> > > 
> > > Sorry for the delay. This is due to lintian.
> > > 
> > > $ lintian-info -t package-contains-python-doctree-file
> > > W: package-contains-python-doctree-file
> > > N:
> > > N:   This package appears to contain a pickled cache of
> > > reStructuredText
> > > N:   (*.rst) documentation in a .doctree file.
> > > N:   
> > > N:   These are not needed to display the documentation correctly
> > > and as
> > > N:   they can contain absolute build paths can affect the
> > > reproducibility
> > > N:   of the package.
> > > N:   
> > > N:   Either prevent the installation of the .doctree file (or
> > > parent
> > > N:   doctrees directory if there is one) or pass the -d option to
> > > N:   sphinx-build(1) to create the caches elsewhere.
> > > 
> > That doesn't sound needed nor indeed appropriate for a stable
> > update.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Julien
> 
> Please elaborate.
> Should I interpret your comment as a rejection unless that line is
> removed, or was this an invitation for me to argue in favour of it.

I would assume some combination.

> I can't see how removing some unwanted files from the documentation
> package could be inappropriate.

The base question for changes to a package in (old)stable is whether
they fix an issue which affects users of the package (where users can
include buildds, the security team and others who have to build them
package). Does including this fix do so?

Regards,

Adam