[pkg-go] GitLab CI: git-buildpackage and ratt

[Martín Ferrari]

On 20/02/18 12:20, Michael Stapelberg wrote:

> I’m only aware of one package (jacobsa/crypto) which has a
> Debian-specific patch that requires the use of an architecture-specific
> build tag. My proposed solution for this is to either specify the
> architectures (as opposed to custom pointer size build tags) in the
> files (they change rarely enough), or at least add the amd64 architecture.
> 
> Are you aware of other packages which use the same technique? If so, it
> might be good to write up a little bit of documentation, and perhaps
> even make this a feature of dh-golang.

the ones I have in mind would work for amd64 without the tags. Others
could be patched. The one that is not going to be easy without a lot of
medding is x/sys.

> This particular example is moot since dh-golang 1.31’s
> install-testdata-by-default change :).

Cool

> I understand your concern. I suggest we try my suggested approach and
> re-evaluate at some point down the road (a quarter? a year?) whether
> keeping it up is feasible and worthwhile. We can always course-correct,
> there’s no lock-in here.

Sounds good to me.

-- 
Martín Ferrari (Tincho)