[R-pkg-team] Bug#1019512: r-cran-jquerylib: autopkgtest needs update for new version of node-jquery: Mismatch between compiled version 3.6.0 and current version 3.6.1

[Paul Gevers]

Source: r-cran-jquerylib
Version: 0.1.4+dfsg-3
Severity: serious
X-Debbugs-CC: node-jquery at packages.debian.org
Tags: sid bookworm
User: debian-ci at lists.debian.org
Usertags: needs-update
Control: affects -1 src:node-jquery

Dear maintainer(s),

With a recent upload of node-jquery the autopkgtest of r-cran-jquerylib 
fails in testing when that autopkgtest is run with the binary packages 
of node-jquery from unstable. It passes when run with only packages from 
testing. In tabular form:

                        pass            fail
node-jquery            from testing    3.6.1+dfsg+~3.5.14-1
r-cran-jquerylib       from testing    0.1.4+dfsg-3
all others             from testing    from testing

I copied some of the output at the bottom of this report. The text 
suggest you actually want something smarter than just testing that the 
version remains the same. If your package *needs* that, you should 
document that in the package Depends, such that tools can pick it up, 
but somehow I feel the test is way too strict.

Currently this regression is blocking the migration of node-jquery to 
testing [1]. Of course, node-jquery shouldn't just break your 
autopkgtest (or even worse, your package), but it seems to me that the 
change in node-jquery was intended and your package needs to update to 
the new situation.

If this is a real problem in your package (and not only in your 
autopkgtest), the right binary package(s) from node-jquery should really 
add a versioned Breaks on the unfixed version of (one of your) 
package(s). Note: the Breaks is nice even if the issue is only in the 
autopkgtest as it helps the migration software to figure out the right 
versions to combine in the tests.

More information about this bug and the reason for filing it can be found on
https://wiki.debian.org/ContinuousIntegration/RegressionEmailInformation

Paul

[1] https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?package=node-jquery

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/amd64/r/r-cran-jquerylib/25892083/log.gz

Mismatch between compiled version 3.6.0 and current version 3.6.1
autopkgtest [03:15:29]: test check-compiled-versions

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