[Reproducible-builds] ftbfs_build-indep_not_build_on_armhf, and add bochs to it

[Mattia Rizzolo]

On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 09:13:29PM +0000, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 04:49:10PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > +ftbfs_build-indep_not_build_on_armhf:
> > +  description: |
> > +    - ftbfs_build-indep_not_build_on_armhf

probably this tag name should lose the 'armhf' word in it, anyway.

> Sometimes, packages generating "Arch: all" binary packages have good
> reasons to require that those packages are built only under certain
> architectures.

yes, it's an annoying thing, but it's true.  I'd like to see
https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/217427 for that.

> An "issue" suggests to me "something which has eventually to be fixed",
> but frankly, I don't think we should really require that those
> packages generate their "Arch: all" binary packages from any other
> architecture.

that was not the idea of this issue at all.  It's called "issue", but
it's better read as "tag" in these occasion.

> So, instead of "this package needs to be fixed", those packages would
> maybe deserve a "this package should not be built on such architecture
> because it is simply not supposed to work".

This issue, coupled with a change in jenkins code, makes possible for us
to not export the failure notice towards tracker.d.o/DDPO, so
maintainers should not be bothered with the "FTBFS" notice.
https://anonscm.debian.org/git/qa/jenkins.debian.net.git/commit/?id=f5c5274cea8cc4d7b58e374c7114f01c07019035

> Do you think it would be possible to achieve the same result with a
> "banned packages" list which is architecture-specific instead of this
> funny issue?

nobody likes blacklisting packages :(

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