Bug#825276: openjfx: FTBFS when built with dpkg-buildpackage -A (dh_install: Cannot find "build/javadoc/*")

[Santiago Vila]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:

> Le 14/07/2016 à 12:23, Santiago Vila a écrit :
> 
> > So there should not be a problem with this bug being serious and no
> > upload happening immediately, because you have just shown that you are
> > not MIA.
> 
> Actually the problem with this bug being serious is that is will trigger
> the autoremoval of openjfx from testing. I don't think it's fair to
> remove packages from testing just because dpkg-buildpackage -A fails.
> The package is still buildable without the -A flag.

Hmm. A little bit of background:

Would you apply the same reasoning to a package which fails to
build from source in every arch-dependent autobuilder but still builds
fine without the -B flag? Surely not!

The requirement "packages must autobuild" has always been one of the
release goals. The only difference is that we have now an "Arch: all"
autobuilder, but IMHO such autobuilder should not be a second-class
citizen. They should be on the same level.

Thanks.