[ELN] Is it really necessary to build a package 100+ times when there is a bootstrap issue?

[Miro Hrončok]

This topic was brought up several times already, but I don't think there has 
been a satisfactory answer to it yet. So let's try again.

We have recently updated python-elementpath-2.1.1-2.fc34 and 
python-xmlschema-1.4.1-1.fc34 -- it requires a very simple bootstrapping that 
can be seen in the git history.

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-eb7554bd39

I know that the ELN rebuild tooling cannot handle bootstrapping and I know it 
has been told this will eventually be solved. I appreciate that it is planned.

But in the meantime, is it really necessary to build the packages 100/111 times?

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-elementpath/c/5de3aa397bda55500...

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-xmlschema/c/0c1384c7aaed1d6404b...

Could you please not do that? I realize that sometimes dependency issues are 
transient. I sometimes beat packages with a stick until they build as well, but 
more than 100 builds in less than two weeks feels a little far fetched.

Please, make the automation stop and inspect the problem by a human after a 
reasonable amount of trials (I'd say 3, possibly 12, but not 100+).

Alternatively at least slow down the firing rate with time. After two weeks of 
failures it might make sense to give it a try every other day, but not every 
other hour.

Thanks.

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