Bug#1055639: surf: flaky autopkgtest: Too few characters detected (0)

From	Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.rc
Subject	Bug#1055639: surf: flaky autopkgtest: Too few characters detected (0)
Date	2023-11-09 14:30 +0100
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Source: surf
Version: 2.1+git20221016-5
Severity: serious
User: debian-ci@lists.debian.org
Usertags: flaky

Dear maintainer(s),

I looked at the results of the autopkgtest of your package. I noticed 
that it regularly fails (in this case because it's blocking migration of 
src:autopkgtest), mostly on armhf and a bit on ppc64el and s390x.

Because the unstable-to-testing migration software now blocks on
regressions in testing, flaky tests, i.e. tests that flip between
passing and failing without changes to the list of installed packages,
are causing people unrelated to your package to spend time on these
tests.

Don't hesitate to reach out if you need help and some more information
from our infrastructure.

Paul
PS: why does it even use text from a different and very unrelated 
package? If there's not enough text in it's own source, couldn't it use 
something that's installed on all Debian systems, such that it doesn't 
need to be installed additionally and trigger migration runs?

https://ci.debian.net/data/autopkgtest/testing/s390x/s/surf/39724716/log.gz

655s autopkgtest [12:16:40]: test command3: timeout -v 5m xvfb-run 
debian/tests/test_text.sh
655s autopkgtest [12:16:40]: test command3: [-----------------------
657s
657s (surf:7172): dbind-WARNING **: 12:16:42.983: AT-SPI: Error 
retrieving accessibility bus address: 
org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not 
provided by any .service files
658s Could not determine the accessibility bus address
662s Too few characters detected (0)
662s autopkgtest [12:16:47]: test command3: -----------------------]

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Bug#1055639: surf: flaky autopkgtest: Too few characters detected (0) Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org> - 2023-11-09 14:30 +0100
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