[R-pkg-devel] win-builder down?

[Hugh Parsonage]

Are CRAN staff located in Europe only? Is there a case to have a limited
staff across multiple timezones with a rolling roster? Obviously if
something is reported it’s best if it can be actioned immediately.

On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 at 12:29 pm, Henrik Bengtsson <henrik.bengtsson using gmail.com>
wrote:

> FYI, in past when queues got stuck, Uwe told me it's often a package that
> launches an external process (e.g. java.exe) that doesn't terminate and
> prevents R CMD check from terminating/timing out. He got watchdogs to kill
> such stray events but there are false negatives.
>
> A couple of weeks ago I proposed to add a placeholder for the package
> currently tested and Uwe said he might look into it, e.g.
>
> $ curl ftp://win-builder.r-project.org/R-devel/
> 02-05-20  03:10PM              2359737 bayestestR_0.5.2.tar.gz
> 02-05-20  11:42AM                          0
> some.pkg_0.0.1.tar.gz-PROCESSING
> 02-05-20  11:56AM              5053108 catdata_1.2.2.tar.gz
>
> Even if it doesn't solve the problem, it'll communicate to "us" that
> something is stuck and what it is.
>
> Anyway, we can help out by reporting (like this) when a queue look stuck.
> Then I think it helps to clarify which queue/builder is stuck.
>
> Henrik
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020, 15:13 Rolf Turner <r.turner using auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 1/03/20 11:44 am, Max Kuhn wrote:
> >
> > > On February 29, 2020 at 5:06:35 PM, Rolf Turner (
> r.turner using auckland.ac.nz
> > > <mailto:r.turner using auckland.ac.nz>) wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On 1/03/20 2:23 am, Hadley Wickham wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Is it down again? I'm seeing the same problem again.
> > >> > Hadley
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 2:41 PM Hadley Wickham <h.wickham using gmail.com
> > <mailto:h.wickham using gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Hi all,
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Is win-builder down? I submitted a couple of packages >24 hours
> ago,
> > >> >> and haven't heard back.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Hadley
> > >>
> > >> Me too. Submitted a package about 18 hours ago, and so far not a
> > >> sausage. Although it's churlish to complain, one gets used to a
> service
> > >> that has been provided and gets annoyed when the service disappears.
> > >
> > > True, but it would be unnecessary if `R CMD check —as-cran` did exactly
> > > the same thing as win-builder (as well as the extra, informal checks
> > > done on a first submission).
> >
> > Not entirely true.  The package that I am currently trying to get built
> > is for use by some consulting clients and is not (yet) for public
> > release.  So I can't/don't submit it to CRAN so as to get a Windoze
> > binary that way.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Rolf
> >
> > P.S. I note that the winbuilder web site says:
> >
> > >  Please do not upload Bioconductor packages or CRAN packages.
> > >  Both Bioconductor and CRAN do have build systems ....
> >
> > I presume that this exhortation is of some antiquity and is "no longer
> > operative".
> >
> > R.
> >
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