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Author: Chris Lamb <lamby at debian.org>
Date:   Sun Apr 8 10:27:04 2018 +0100

    154: Initial draft:
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-* [Forwarded #890311 and #890568 for src:dashel upstream](https://github.com/aseba-community/dashel/pull/42)
-* [python-setuptools_39.0.1-1.0~reproducible1_amd64.changes](-)
-* [pylint forwarded upstream](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/pull/1989)
-* [(Logo stuff generally)](https://demo.identihub.co/project/r-b-logo-voting#/)
-* [dashel upstream fixed merged](https://github.com/aseba-community/dashel/pull/42)
-* [FIXME](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2018-April/000845.html)
+[[!meta title="Reproducible Builds: Weekly report #154"]]
 
-  * Bernhard M. Wiedemann:
-    * [docker/cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/667) (date/SDE)
-    * some progress on [Qt qch files](https://codereview.qt-project.org/203352) (date/SDE)
-    * [webkitgtk](https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/593851) (add upstream sorted readdir)
+Here's what happened in the [Reproducible Builds](https://reproducible-builds.org) effort between Sunday April 1 and Saturday April 7 2018:
 
-* During [Easterhegg 2018](http://www.easterhegg.eu/category/easterhegg-2018/) Holger was interviewed (in German) by the Swiss "hackerfunk" podcast, which is availble for download here:
+* During [Easterhegg 2018](http://www.easterhegg.eu/category/easterhegg-2018/) Holger was interviewed in German by the Swiss "[hackerfunk](https://www.hackerfunk.ch/)" podcast. ([MP3/shownotes](https://www.hackerfunk.ch/index.php?id=271), [.Ogg](https://www.hackerfunk.ch/index.php?id=270)).
 
-  * https://www.hackerfunk.ch/index.php?id=271 (MP3 + Shownotes)
-  * https://www.hackerfunk.ch/index.php?id=270 (Ogg)
+* Juro Bystricky posted to [our mailing list](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/) on [the Linux kernel's `srcversion` field](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2018-April/000845.html).
 
+* Chris Lamb uploaded [python-setuptools](39.0.1-1.0~reproducible1) to our local repository to work around an issue where version 39.0.1 onwards generated `PKG-INFO` files with a non-deterministic "`Provides-Extra`" output ([[!bug 894215]]). This was subsequently superceded by [Matthias Klose upload of 39.0.1-2 into unstable](https://tracker.debian.org/news/944926/accepted-python-setuptools-3901-2-source-into-unstable/).
+
+* We have been following a process in order to develop a logo for the Reproducible Builds project ([previous meeting's minutes](https://lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb-general/2018-March/000839.html)), resulting in Elio Qoshi [posting some proposals](https://demo.identihub.co/project/r-b-logo-voting/) based on some [original proof-of-concept](https://wiki.debian.org/ReproducibleBuilds/Logo) artwork.
+
+* *anthraxx* [added Arch Linux support](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/reproducible/diffoscope.git/commit/?id=9e5b7f8) for the [Gnumeric](http://www.gnumeric.org/) spreadsheet comparator in [diffoscope](https://diffoscope.org).
+
+Patches
+-------
+
+* Bernhard M. Wiedemann:
+  * [cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra/pull/667) ([`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`](https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/))
+  * [Qt `.qch` files](https://codereview.qt-project.org/203352) (`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`)
+  * [webkitgtk](https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/593851) (`readdir(2)`)
+* Chris Lamb:
+    * [[!bug 894607]] filed against [[!pkg pylint]] ([forwarded upstream](https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/pull/1989)).
+    * [[!bug 890311]] and [[!bug 890568]] for dashel ([forwarded upstream](https://github.com/aseba-community/dashel/pull/42)).
+* Juan Picca:
+    * [[!bug 894787]] filed against [[!pkg vte]].
+
+In addition, build failure bugs were reported by Adam Borowski (1), Adrian Bunk (27) and Aurélien Courderc (1).
+
+
+jenkins.debian.net development
+------------------------------
+
+Mattia Rizzolo made a large number of changes to our [Jenkins](https://jenkins.io/)-based testing framework, including:
+
+- Variation testing, etc.:
+    - [Configure APT to ignore `Release` expiry when we are in the future](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=f3aba2a9).
+    - [Configure APT pinning to force usage of our own packages instead of the ones coming from Debian](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=6d75ff46).
+    - [Only set `Acquire::Check-Valid-Until:false` when the host runs in the future](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=a8ee5a00).
+
+- Performance, etc.:
+    - [Decrease the number of workers in a tentative to reduce the general load](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=1d8394b6).
+    - [Configure `dpkg` to not issue pointless `fsync()`s](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=b89b4781).
+    - [Do not store the scheduling message anymore](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=fbe16ad8).
+
+- `chroot` maintenance:
+    - [Move from `schroot` to `chdist` for the master node](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=b549df7d).
+    - [Swap `pbuilder` and `schroot` columns now that the latter are disabled](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=9603a272)
+    - [Use `chdist` to download the source on the build nodes too](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=de52cdaf).
+    - [Use a `schroot` session while calling diffoscope](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=40366224).
+    - [Use the host architecture when selecting which `chdist` to obtain sources from](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=d62b4253).
+    - [Disable all the `schroot` maintenance jobs](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=8912daf2).
+
+- Misc:
+    - [Make the location of the JSON outputs distribution-specific](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=a678ef1d).
+    - [Keep the build worker logs for an extra day](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=df10b0d2).
+    - [Log `build.sh` failures and notify us](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=d6b5858d).
+    - [Correct logging in `json.py`](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=d94921d5).
+
+
+
+Reviews of unreproducible packages
+----------------------------------
+
+52 package reviews were added, 43 were updated and 50 have been removed in this week, adding to our [knowledge about identified issues](https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/index_issues.html).
+
+Two issue categorisation types were added ([`nondeterminism_in_files_generated_by_hfst`](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git/commit/?id=56cda31a) & [`nondeterminism_in_apertium_lrx_bin_files_generated_by_lrx_comp`](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git/commit/?id=8413f233)) and two were removed ([`nondeterminstic_ordering_in_gsettings_glib_enums_xml`](https://anonscm.debian.org/git/reproducible/notes.git/commit/?id=40fd2f51) & [`captures_build_path_in_py [...]
+
+
+Misc.
+-----
+
+This week's edition was written by Bernhard M. Wiedemann, Chris Lamb and Holger Levsen & reviewed by a bunch of Reproducible Builds folks on IRC & the mailing lists.

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