The autopkgtest "test2.sh" frequently fails on riscv64. The failure mode
that is relevant right now is that it doesn't find some of its UI
widgets (?):

https://ci.debian.net/packages/x/xsnow/testing/riscv64/65761397/
...
...
(etc.)

and there is another failure mode where it doesn't appear to have
started at all:

https://ci.debian.net/packages/x/xsnow/unstable/riscv64/65295027/

Because this test randomly passes or fails, the autopkgtest
infrastructure assumes there's a regression in one of xsnow's
dependencies, preventing or delaying migration until the failing test is
retried.

There have also been a lot of failures on ppc64el in the past, although
those were sufficiently long ago that their logs are no longer
available.

Perhaps it's just waiting for an arbitrary time to have elapsed, and on
slower architectures like riscv64 that time is not long enough?

If possible please make this test more reliable, or if that's not
possible please mark it as flaky (see autopkgtest documentation).

    smcv

Thanks for your suggestions.

Since autopkgtest randomly fails, I guess it is a timing issue.

I'll have a look at test2.sh and upload a new version of xsnow.

Willem

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xsnow, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1120037@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Willem Vermin <wvermin@gmail.com> (supplier of updated xsnow package)

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Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:19:47 +0000
Source: xsnow
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.9.4-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Willem Vermin <wvermin@gmail.com>
Changed-By: Willem Vermin <wvermin@gmail.com>
Closes: 1120037 1142859
Changes:
 xsnow (1:3.9.4-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release
   * Closes: 1142859,1120037
   * Changed tests/test2.sh again to accommodate slower systems
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