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Re: Some links to regression logs are broken [Was: Test suite failure of megadepth on s390x architecture]



On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 02:32:16PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Am Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 06:57:30AM -0300 schrieb Antonio Terceiro:
> > > So I have hit that retention period yesterday by chance?  Do you know
> > > a better way to re-trigger the creation of the logs than uploading a
> > > new package?
> > 
> > Well you tried it exactly 60 days after the log was created. :)
> 
> Beaten by Murphy, I guess.
>  
> > You can click the retry (recycling icon) links, or go to the test
> > history page for that package/suite/architecture, and try a newer log,
> > or request a new test via the self-service interface.
> 
> Where can I finde those links to click?

The new not found page will contain all necessary links. For this case,
you can start at

https://ci.debian.net/packages/r/r-bioc-megadepth/unstable/s390x/

> > > No matter how long that period might be, IMHO the link in tracker
> > > should not point to something saying
> > > 
> > >    Not Found: /data/autopkgtest/testing/s390x/r/r-bioc-megadepth/36684073/log.gz
> > > 
> > > I'd recommend to rather replace it by
> > > 
> > >    Sorry, to limit the space consumtion on our servers the log for
> > >    $PACKAGE $VERSION was deleted on $DATE.
> > >    
> > > Extra points if you could add a method how to recreate this log.
> > > 
> > > Its probably a common thing to point to those logs in Github issues and
> > > its not helpful if the page just looks like an error message.
> > 
> > Yes, you are right. I now have pending changes to debci to do just that.
> 
> Great!
> 
> Another idea:  Removing data according to time span is one thing.
> Another thing is possibly to leave the log of "the latest version in
> unstable" since this is linked from tracker no matter how old the log
> might be.  I'm not sure whether I'm naive and whether this might be
> possible / sensible.

That is also a good idea, I will try to implement that as well.

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