[R-pkg-devel] Another CRAN-only bug

[Uwe Ligges]

You can assume that CRAN packages are available within a day for on 
demand checks and even at once for CRAN incoming checks on winbuilder.

Nevertheless, I have no idea where the problem comes from given the 
standard test mechanisms are not use and hence output does not show what 
the actual test was.

Best,
Uwe Ligges




On 13.06.2019 06:59, David Hugh-Jones wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
> 
> Of course I appreciate the value of a centralised repository, and I
> acknowledge the hard work that goes into maintaining it. That does not mean
> that it should be beyond criticism. I wrote out of frustration, but also
> because I hope things could be better.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 23:26, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/06/2019 4:57 p.m., David Hugh-Jones wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Not for the first time, my package has a bug that isn't found on rhub,
>>> travis, appveyor, or my local machine, but is found on CRAN. This time
>> it's
>>> Windows-only, so I can't even download a Docker image and investigate
>> that
>>> way.
>>>
>>> TBH I am not very enthused by having to treat CRAN servers as "ground
>>> truth", when there seems no way to reliably reproduce their
>> configuration,
>>> figure out what versions of packages are used, etc. Am I missing
>> something?
>>> Is another world possible?
>>
>> Nothing is forcing you to release your package on CRAN.  The only
>> advantage to doing so is that they maintain high standards, which means
>> people trust them.
>>
>> Just put your package on Github, and anyone can use it, no matter how
>> bad it is.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>>
>>> Anyway, the error is at:
>>>
>> https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/huxtable_4.6.0_20190612_195453/Windows/examples_and_tests/
>>> and it seems to relate to the openxlsx package, which is on 4.1.0.1 since
>>> May 28 - presumably long enough for the latest version to be available on
>>> win-builder. Any ideas would be welcome....
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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