gitlab-ci: Cope with OBS slowdown

OBS 2.10 has just been deployed and we started hitting timeouts. Being more patient, does not seem to help.

In the meantime, skip OBS scanning by default unless the SKIP_OBS var is set to no.

Task: https://phabricator.apertis.org/T8880

bin/packaging-check-invariants

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import argparse
 import logging
+import os
 
 import debian.debian_support
 import yaml
@@ -558,6 +559,10 @@ class Error(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+def hack_skip_obs():
+    return os.environ.get("SKIP_OBS") != "yes"
+
+
 def is_stable_channel(channel):
     if channel.endswith("pre"):
         return False
@@ -906,7 +911,7 @@ class InvariantChecker:
             logging.debug(
                 f"Checking if {package.name} branch {branch}/{source.component} is in {obsproject}"
             )
-            if obsproject not in package.get("obs", {}):
+            if obsproject not in package.get("obs", {}) and not hack_skip_obs():
                 self.error(
                     package.name,
                     Report.OBS_PACKAGE_MISSING_BUT_ON_APT,