Here's what happened in the [Reproducible Builds](https://reproducible-builds.org) effort between Sunday September 23 and Saturday September 29 2018:
* Another reminder that the **fourth Reproducible Builds summit will take place in December 11th—13th 2018** at [Mozilla](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Paris)'s offices in Paris, France. If you are interested in attending please register by sending an email to `holger@layer-acht.org`. More details may be found on the [associated event page](https://reproducible-builds.org/events/paris2018/).
* Holger Levsen is requesting a for review and comments on [a on a multi-project syntax notes proposal](https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/reproducible-notes/blob/multi-project-syntax/README). He hopes to implement this in the next few weeks.
* Holger Levsen is requesting review and comments on [a multi-project syntax notes proposal](https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/reproducible-notes/blob/multi-project-syntax/README). He hopes to implement this in the next few weeks.
*[A pull request was proposed](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/9607) to [CPython](https://github.com/python/cpython) to ensure [`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`](https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/) only influences the default type of `.pyc` files yet does not enforce it.
*[A pull request was proposed](https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/9607) to [CPython](https://github.com/python/cpython) to ensure [`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH`](https://reproducible-builds.org/specs/source-date-epoch/) only influences the default type of `.pyc` files (yet does not enforce it).
*[Guillem Jover](https://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/) uploaded [dpkg 1.19.1 to Debian unstable](https://tracker.debian.org/news/989886/accepted-dpkg-1191-source-into-unstable/), adding support for dumping database package records in alphabetical order in order to provide reproducible status and available database files, and furhte rmake it possible to output other "deb822"-formatted data in a deterministic way. In addition, the `Dpkg::Vendor::Debian` library gained support for a `fixfilepath` feature.
*[Guillem Jover](https://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/) uploaded [dpkg 1.19.1 to Debian unstable](https://tracker.debian.org/news/989886/accepted-dpkg-1191-source-into-unstable/), adding support for dumping database package records in alphabetical order in order to provide reproducible `status` and `available` database files, and further make it possible to output other "[deb822](https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/dpkg-dev/deb822.5.en.html)"-formatted data in a deterministic way. In addition, the `Dpkg::Vendor::Debian` library gained support for a reproducibility-related `fixfilepath` feature.
* Jelle van der Waa [started a TODO list](https://www.archlinux.org/todo/imagemagicks-convert-not-reproducible-in-pkgbuilds/) to fix unreproducible `PKGBUILD` files in [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/) which use the [Imagemagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) graphics library's `convert(1)` utility for image manipulation which embeds the `date:create` and `date:modify` file headers.
*`disorderfs` version `0.5.4-1` (our [FUSE](https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse)-based filesystem that deliberately introduces non-determinism into filesystem metadata) was [uploaded to Debian unstable](https://tracker.debian.org/news/989895/accepted-disorderfs-054-1-source-amd64-into-unstable/) by Chris Lamb. It included a number of contributions [already covered in previous weeks](https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/disorderfs/commits/debian/0.5.4-1).
*`disorderfs` version `0.5.4-1` (our [FUSE](https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse)-based filesystem that deliberately introduces non-determinism into filesystem metadata) was [uploaded to Debian unstable](https://tracker.debian.org/news/989895/accepted-disorderfs-054-1-source-amd64-into-unstable/) by Chris Lamb. It included a number of contributions [covered previously](https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/disorderfs/commits/debian/0.5.4-1).
* A fix to ensure to that [fontconfig](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/) — a library for configuring and customizing font access — [landed in Debian unstable](https://bugs.debian.org/864082#96)(via upstream).
* Chris Lamb added four Debian package reviews. In addition, three were updated and eleven were removed in this week, adding to [our knowledge about identified issues](https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/index_issues.html).
* Chris Lamb added four Debian package reviews. In addition, three were updated and 11 were removed in this week, adding to [our knowledge about identified issues](https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/index_issues.html).
* Bernhard M. Wiedemann discovered problems from [arch-dependent `noarch` packages](https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109534) in [openSUSE](https://www.opensuse.org/); there are actually over 1,000 of these.
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* [build-compare](https://github.com/openSUSE/build-compare/pull/30) (better quoting of strings)
* [cpio](https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/638582) (drop date using `gettextize --no-changelog`)
There were a huge number of updates to our [Jenkins](https://jenkins.io/)-based testing framework that powers [tests.reproducible-builds.org](tests.reproducible-builds.org) by Holger Levsen this month, including:
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