Source: pydoctor
Version: 0.5+bzr616-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
Usertags: toolchain timestamps
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Hi,
While working on the "reproducible builds" effort [1], we have noticed
that pydoctor does not generate reproducible output.
The attached patch adds an option to specify a deterministic timestamp.
Once applied, packages using pydoctor will be able to be built
reproducibly
in our current experimental framework.
[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds
Regards,
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diff --git a/pydoctor/driver.py b/pydoctor/driver.py
index 06c8b13..fbfce19 100644
--- a/pydoctor/driver.py
+++ b/pydoctor/driver.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
from pydoctor import model, zopeinterface
from pydoctor.sphinx import SphinxInventory
-import sys, os
+import sys, os, datetime
+
+BUILDTIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
def error(msg, *args):
if args:
@@ -158,6 +160,10 @@ def getparser():
help=("Generate (unobstrusive) JavaScript to hide some of the "
"entries in long lists of e.g. subclasses."))
parser.add_option(
+ '--buildtime', dest='buildtime',
+ help=("Use the specified build time over the current time. "
+ "Format: %s" % BUILDTIME_FORMAT))
+ parser.add_option(
'--livecheck', action='store_true', dest='livecheck',
default=False,
help=("Import and examine the modules too. XXX not working "
@@ -292,6 +298,13 @@ def main(args):
else:
options.makehtml = False
+ if options.buildtime:
+ try:
+ system.buildtime = datetime.datetime.strptime(
+ options.buildtime, BUILDTIME_FORMAT)
+ except ValueError, e:
+ error(e)
+
# step 2: add any packages and modules
if args:
