[pkg-go] Bug#796400: Bug#796400: Bug#796400: golang-github-jacobsa-ratelimit: Non-determistically FTBFS due to unreliable timing in tests

[Aaron Jacobs]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg at debian.org>
> Could the timing requirements be relaxed to make it less flaky?

Sure. Are you able to modify the test before running it on the relevant system
and find a timing that works reliably?


> I don’t think giving up is a good idea :). FWIW, just to be clear,
> it’s not that vendoring is not supported, it’s a conscious decision by
> Debian to avoid it. Also, AFAICT, other distributions (like Fedora)
> are following the same model, so I don’t think Debian is different in
> this regard. If you have trouble getting the software into Debian,
> you’ll likely have trouble getting it into any of the other big
> distributions, too.

(I understand about vendoring; it's a philosophical difference.)

The model we've chosen is distributing binaries from our own apt and yum repos:

    https://github.com/googlecloudplatform/gcsfuse/blob/master/docs/installing.md

 I'm totally fine with you finishing this off for the official debian repo if
you want to, but I wanted to be clear about the situation from our end.