infrastructure: ArchLinux continuous integration and delivery produces difficult to read logs

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The problem you're addressing (if any)

The ArchLinux ci/cd logs contains a lot of unreadable output.
Example1:

08:35:47,772 executor:docker:b166b4047936] output: :: Retrieving packages....
08:35:47,772 executor:docker:b166b4047936] output:  ghc-libs-9.2.8-1-x86_64.
08:35:47,773 executor:docker:b166b4047936] output:  Total (  0/293)         0.0   B  0.00   B/s 00:00 [----------------------]   0%..
...
08:35:49,144 executor:docker:b166b4047936] output: ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...     7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%. Total (  0/293)         7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%. python-numpy-1.2...     7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%. python-3.12.3-1-...     7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%. haskell-pandoc-3...     7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%. haskell-texmath-...     7.7 KiB  19.0   B/s --:-- [----------------------]   0%..[4F ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...    85.9 KiB   125 KiB/s 02:11 [----------------------]   0%..[5E Total (  0/293)       398.0 KiB   622 KiB/s 02:53 [----------------------]   0%. python-3.12.3-1-...    85.9 KiB   128 KiB/s 01:39 [----------------------]   0%. haskell-pandoc-3...    78.0 KiB   115 KiB/s 01:09 [----------------------]   0%..[1E python-numpy-1.2...    62.4 KiB  88.9 KiB/s 01:14 [----------------------]   0%..[1E haskell-texmath-...    85.9 KiB   128 KiB/s 00:29 [----------------------]   2%..[4F ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...   406.2 KiB   615 KiB/s 00:26 [----------------------]   2%..[5E Total (  0/293)      1905.8 KiB  2.86 MiB/s 00:36 [----------------------]   1%..[4F python-3.12.3-1-...   374.9 KiB   567 KiB/s 00:21 [----------------------]   2%..[1E haskell-pandoc-3...   398.4 KiB   610 KiB/s 00:12 [----------------------]   4%..[1E python-numpy-1.2...   320.2 KiB   489 KiB/s 00:12 [----------------------]   4%..[1E haskell-texmath-...   406.2 KiB   619 KiB/s 00:05 [##--------------------]  10%..[4F ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...     3.2 MiB  5.13 MiB/s 00:02 [####------------------]  20%..[5E Total (  0/293)        11.2 MiB  17.5 MiB/s 00:05 [##--------------------]  10%..[4F python-3.12.3-1-...  1703.0 KiB  2.53 MiB/s 00:04 [##--------------------]  13%..[1E haskell-pandoc-3...     2.3 MiB  3.60 MiB/s 00:01 [######----------------]  29%..[1E python-numpy-1.2...     2.4 MiB  3.80 MiB/s 00:01 [#######---------------]  36%..[1E haskell-texmath-...  1687.4 KiB  2.49 MiB/s 00:00 [#########-------------]  44%..[4F ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...     8.9 MiB  12.8 MiB/s 00:00 [###########-----------]  54%..[5E Total (  0/293)        26.9 MiB  37.8 MiB/s 00:02 [#####-----------------]  25%..[4F python-3.12.3-1-...     4.6 MiB  6.65 MiB/s 00:01 [########--------------]  37%..[1E haskell-pandoc-3...     5.5 MiB  7.67 MiB/s 00:00 [###############-------]  69%..[1E python-numpy-1.2...     4.9 MiB  6.76 MiB/s 00:00 [################------]  75%..[1E haskell-texmath-...     3.0 MiB  3.92 MiB/s 00:00 [#################-----]  80%..[1F ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...     8.9 MiB  12.8 MiB/s 00:00 [###########-----------]  54%..[3F python-numpy-1.2...     6.5 MiB  5.77 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%..[2E python-3.12.3-1-...     4.6 MiB  6.65 MiB/s 00:01 [########--------------]  37%..[1F haskell-pandoc-3...     7.9 MiB  6.98 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%..[3E python-3.12.3-1-...     4.6 MiB  6.65 MiB/s 00:01 [########--------------]  37%..[2F haskell-texmath-...     3.7 MiB  3.12 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%..[1E ghc-libs-9.2.8-1...    16.2 MiB  12.7 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%..[1E python-3.12.3-1-...    10.5 MiB  14.1 MiB/s 00:00 [##################----]  84%..[1E Total (  4/293)        44.8 MiB  54.4 MiB/s 00:01 [#########-------------]  42%..[1F python-3.12.3-1-...    12.5 MiB  9.23 MiB/s 00:01 [######################] 100%..[1E lapack-3.12.0-5-x86_64.

Example2 jobs#6733491339:

08:36:46,806 [executor:docker:b166b4047936] output: (  0/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   0%.(  1/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   0%.(  2/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   0%.(  3/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   0%.(  4/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   0%.(  5/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   1%.(  6/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   3%.(  7/293) checking package integrity               [----------------------]   3%.(  8/293) checking package integrity               [###-------------------]  15%.(  9/293) checking package integrity               

The solution you'd like

The pacman logs contain a lot of downloading progress bars. Luckily, the pacman command provides the --noprogressbar option (see man 8 pacman)

The value to a user, and who that user might be

More readable logs so easier to find the errors.

Completion criteria checklist

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