* Étienne Mollier <emoll...@debian.org> [250428 23:09]:
About the point of policy violation, the package has d/t/control
restriction "needs-internet" as described below from autopkgtest
documentation README.package-tests.rst:
| needs-internet
| The test needs unrestricted internet access, e.g. to download test data
| that's not shipped as a package, or to test a protocol implementation
| against a test server. Please also see the note about Network access later
| in this document.
I believe that if the autopkgtest should not attempt to reach
the internet from our infrastructure, then maybe such tests
should be skipped, since they are clearly identified as such in
their d/t/control information. That being said, I agree I am
not fan of tests which require connectivity, because as seen
once again, they are fragile and break as soon as the remote
resource is taken down, corrupted, etc.
I believe you -can- use the Internet, but you cannot download stuff
from it and use that. I have not checked what the test will do with
the downloaded data.
Maybe the definition of test-internet is in conflict with
ftp-masters stance.
Best,
Chris
