Bug#1067232: limit diffoscope recursions on packages where diffoscope runs into a timeout

[Holger Levsen]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 04:31:22PM +0000, James Addison wrote:
> Package: jenkins.debian.org
> X-Debbugs-Cc: holger at layer-acht.org

no need for that cc:, i'm subscribed to the package.
 
> That seems like a straightforward way to get started, and without adding much
> complexity.

indeed.
 
> In reproducible_build.sh it looks like there are some IRC notifications: it
> could make sense to suppress the retried-diffoscope-results, or emit a
> noticably different message for those to distinguish them from the initial
> attempt?

yes. (and I apologize to your eyes for having seen that IRC notification
"logic"... I've looked at it yesterday for too long and only came up with
a small improvement while that whole thing could use an overhaul.)


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cheers,
	Holger

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