From bfa5c9f191cbdab4d651c6fa114858bc1f205929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gevers <elbrus@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:06:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't show excuses for packages that are PASS, NEUTRAL,
 RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL or ALWAYSFAIL

---
 britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
index 04f0dcb..e92eb16 100644
--- a/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
+++ b/britney2/policies/autopkgtest.py
@@ -327,8 +327,10 @@ class AutopkgtestPolicy(BasePolicy):
                         message += ' <a href="%s">[artifacts]</a>' % artifact_url
                     html_archmsg.append(message)
 
-                # render HTML line for testsrc entry
-                excuse.addhtml("autopkgtest for %s: %s" % (testname, ', '.join(html_archmsg)))
+                # render HTML line for testsrc entry, but only when action is
+                # or may be required
+                if r - {'PASS', 'NEUTRAL', 'RUNNING-ALWAYSFAIL', 'ALWAYSFAIL'}:
+                    excuse.addhtml("autopkgtest for %s: %s" % (testname, ', '.join(html_archmsg)))
 
         if verdict != PolicyVerdict.PASS:
             # check for force-skiptest hint