[DRE-maint] Bug#853244: ruby-sshkit: Non-determistically FTBFS due to unreliable timing in tests

[Chris Lamb]

Christian Hofstaedtler wrote:

> I agree this is suboptimal, but these operations succeed on modern
> hardware including the buildd network

I'm not so sure. Not only are these not "tests" (in the Martin Fowler
sense that they are nondeterminstic) but we can actually trigger them
on the Reproducible Builds testing framework:

  https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/logs/unstable/amd64/ruby-sshkit_1.9.0-1.build2.log.gz

> so throwing developer manpower at this is a bad investment at
> this time.

Would the idea that they interfere with running QA efforts across the
archive change your mind? :)



Regards,

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