Control: severity -1 important This issue is not seen on the builds [1]. nor on reproducible builds [2].
As this bug currently blocks the openmpi transition, I am downgrading the severity. Please feel free to raise the severity again after openmpi has migrated, if the problem persists. [1] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=python-escript [2] https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/python-escript.html