Ok, full patch for your consideration.
Thanks.
diff -Nru elki-0.7.1/debian/changelog elki-0.7.1/debian/changelog
--- elki-0.7.1/debian/changelog 2016-09-25 15:27:58.000000000 +0200
+++ elki-0.7.1/debian/changelog 2017-03-09 16:57:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+elki (0.7.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+ * Disable test suite. Some tests seem to be time-dependent
+ and are known not to work everywhere. Closes: #843038.
+
+ -- Erich Schubert <er...@debian.org> Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:57:30 +0100
+
elki (0.7.1-2) unstable; urgency=low
* Cherry-pick bugfix for single-core systems (Closes: #834739)
diff -Nru elki-0.7.1/debian/rules elki-0.7.1/debian/rules
--- elki-0.7.1/debian/rules 2016-01-08 15:28:41.000000000 +0100
+++ elki-0.7.1/debian/rules 2017-03-09 16:57:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
find elki addons data -type f -executable -exec chmod -x {} \+
dh_auto_configure -O--buildsystem=maven
+override_dh_auto_test:
+
#build:
# mh_patchpoms -pelki
# $(MVN) --offline -Psvg,svm -DskipTests=true package
