[Docker-maint] Bug#860608: golang: FTBFS: Go version is "go1.6.1", ignoring -next /<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/api/next.txt

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On 19/04/17 at 09:05 +0200, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> This is the third time an FTBFS report against this package (which was
> removed from Debian) was submitted.
> 
> The other two times were
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855926 and
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=848806, both were closed
> asking for an explanation as to why the issue was filed in the first place.

... And none sending the question to the bug submitter.

> lucas, is this a bug in your rebuild infrastructure, or did something go
> wrong with the removal?
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839364 (same issue as the
> one you’re reporting) was closed by ftpmaster due to package removal.

In my local Sources file, I have:

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.1.1-4
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.2-2
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.4.2-3
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.4.3-3
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.5.1-1
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.5.1-3
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.5.1-4
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.5.3-1
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.6-1
Extra-Source-Only: yes

Package: golang
Version: 2:1.6.1-2
Extra-Source-Only: yes

'Extra-Source-Only' means that there are still binary packages in the archive
that were built using that version of the golang package.

In fact, for that version:
$ grep -e Package -e Using 127.0.0.1\:9999_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-amd64_Packages |grep -B1 'golang (= 2:1.6.1-2)'
Package: golang-github-armon-go-metrics-dev
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.6.1-2), golang-github-datadog-datadog-go (= 0.0~git20150930.0.b050cd8-1), golang-github-prometheus-common (= 0+git20160321.4045694-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20160330-1), golang-procfs (= 0+git20150616.c91d8ee-1), golang-prometheus-client (= 0.7.0+ds-3), golang-protobuf-extensions (= 0+git20150513.fc2b8d3-4)
--
Package: golang-github-gosexy-gettext-dev
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.6.1-2)
--
Package: golang-github-hashicorp-go-msgpack-dev
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.6.1-2)
--
Package: golang-github-stretchr-objx-dev
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.6.1-2)
--
Package: golang-github-kr-pty-dev
Built-Using: golang (= 2:1.6.1-2)

This case could be ignored by the rebuild scripts, or binnmus could be
trigerred to get rid of the other versions. I'm not sure it makes sense to ship
that many copies of golang in stretch.

I think I read something about an organized plan to get rid of such extra
packages using binnmus, but maybe I was dreaming. Ccing debian-release at .

Lucas