bug#67304: Build python-cdflib.x86_64-linux on master is broken.

[Sharlatan Hellseher]

Hi,

I've open an issue in upstram.
Mean while please check the patch disabling the test.

Thanks,
Oleg

On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 22:39, Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Guix,
>
> I've checked the cement to the test and it mentioned as a candidate to be
> removed as it's not stable
>
> https://github.com/MAVENSDC/cdflib/blob/master/tests/test_astropy_epochs.py#L116
>         # Unfortunately, currently there is a pretty big loss of
> precision that comes with
>         # the compute function.  Need to stop testing early.
>
> We may consider to disable it to stabilize build.
>
> Thanks,
> Oleg
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 19:25, Eric Bavier <bavier@posteo.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Maxim, thanks for the report.
> >
> > On Mon, 2023-11-20 at 14:02 -0500, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> > >
> > > It seems something in the commits series
> > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?qt=range&q=2ab5e449246f98b049888dde3c310f5b4a0a64a2..b7abea0fd6a146563830db1dc4ddd0cceb6fcf1c
> > > either broke the test, else it's flaky.
> > >
> >
> > I have built the package locally many times without fail.
> >
> > The failed test is one that checks fidelity of a rountrip time format
> > conversion for a randomly-generated time, so failure may indeed be
> > intermittent.
> >
> > I will try to dig a bit further, and maybe Sharlatan can as well.
> >
> > `~Eric
>
>
>
> --
>
> … наш разум - превосходная объяснительная машина которая способна
> найти смысл почти в чем угодно, истолковать любой феномен, но
> совершенно не в состоянии принять мысль о непредсказуемости.



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… наш разум - превосходная объяснительная машина которая способна
найти смысл почти в чем угодно, истолковать любой феномен, но
совершенно не в состоянии принять мысль о непредсказуемости.

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