[Qa-jenkins-dev] Bug#864414: timeout and retry for reproducible_setup_fdroid_build_environment

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Package: jenkins.debian.org

We would like to configure Build Timeout and Naginator for the
reproducible_setup_fdroid_build_environment job on pb7 so that the build
times out after 12 hours.  Then if the build times out, it should retry
it.  The Build Timeout plugin when used with the Naginator plugin
provides this exact feature, calling it "Abort and restart the build".

Sometimes the VMs just hang forever, we don't know why.  But rerunning
the job then works fine.  Here is an example, it failed after the whole
VM was created, then it hung while trying to build an app with it:
https://jenkins.debian.net/job/reproducible_setup_fdroid_build_environment/11/

I would submit a pull request myself, but I couldn't figure out how to
enable this in the Jenkins YAML.

.hc