In case any of the source files changed, openSUSE Build Service rebuilds the dependent packages regardless of whether that particular modification affects the dependency. This makes our resources footprint bigger (and the electrical power bills higher). It also affects users, because every new package build causes the package manager to include that package in the next update thus consuming network bandwidth and resources of users' computers.
Current OBS controls for package rebuild triggers
It is possible to control dependent packages build triggers on a per repository basis (see OBS build scheduling strategies). You will find an explanation on that page that any setting other than the default, which is "always rebuild", is not safe and should not be used if the packages are to be distributed. Apparently, the concern is more of a "this repository is official/testing" kind.
Which modifications justify rebuilding
First, we need to define the modifications which justify rebuilding the dependencies. This is a list which should be amended by the more knowledgeable on software builds:
new library versions or binary API changes (the latter should always cause the former?)
changes in
#includes
files (in case of library development packages); it is preferable to verify if the dependencies can build with these modifications sooner rather than later
Possible improvements
Extend the checkin
command
I suppose that this is a hard problem to solve automatically, so it is good to start small with some infrastructure to allow managing the dependencies rebuild process. We could add the "don't rebuild/must rebuild dependencies" option to the checkin command.
Make builds reproducible
There are ongoing efforts to get reproducible builds, that is if the source has not changed, then the built package should be exactly equal to the previous build too.
According to osc triggerreason
on several packages in the openSUSE Build Service reference instance, quite a few rebuilds were due to md5 sum not matching. If more builds were reproducible that would obviously reduce the total number of builds. More, a reproducible build would (almost) completely remove transitive builds (see the build
project attribute).
See the following pages for more information:
Reproducible builds in Fedora (security reasons are discussed more)
Questions
Is there a facility in OBS similar to the Debian's
dh_buildinfo
? Would that be useful in OBS? Is there a way to keep that information within the existing infrastructure?How are md5 sums produced?
Resources
osc triggerreason --help
osc jobhistory --help
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