ci: build the release .deb like a Debian buildd, as reusable pipeline workflow#9
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… workflow Match package build workflow to upstream Debian process: - Resolve build-deps from debian/control (apt-get build-dep) instead of a explicit package list. - Build as an unprivileged user - Use git-buildpackage and add support for tagless forks - Run dovecot unit tests, separately after build by preserving the build artifacts and re-applying the patches. - Guard deadlocked tests with an inactivity watchdog and retry to be resilient to Github runner enviroment-caused flaky tests. - Add `Skip-flaky-cpu-limit-tests.patch` to avoid busy-loop tests that take forever on Github CI - Add reproducibility testing with reprotest and publish .buildinfo - Add autopkgtest integration tests in Incus system containers - Consolidate building and testing into 'deb pipeline' workflow in `pipeline.yml` that runs a separate workflow chain per bookworm/trixie x amd64/arm64 combination in `build-staging-deb.yml`; release publishing is subsequently handled by `release.yml`. - Add README-chatmail.md with CI details and upstream references - Bump debian/changelog to 1:2.3.21+dfsg1-3+chatmail1 and add a new version increment
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wow, this looks like a lot of work, back-and-forth testing, and github actions debugging.
retry upload to address rrsync dir lock
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Match package build workflow to upstream Debian process:
Skip-flaky-cpu-limit-tests.patchto avoid busy-loop tests that take forever on Github CIpipeline.ymlthat runs a separate workflow chain per bookworm/trixie x amd64/arm64 combination inbuild-staging-deb.yml; release publishing is subsequently handled byrelease.yml.