[R-pkg-devel] email misleading: checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTE Maintainer

[Uwe Ligges]

On 08.06.2020 16:52, Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hi, Uwe et al.:
> 
> 
>        What's the preferred way to eliminate tests on CRAN that the 
> maintainer still wants to run on other platforms?
> 
> 
>        For several years, I've been using "if(!fda::CRAN()){...}". I've 
> been told that I should NOT do that, but it has worked for me, and I 
> haven't found anything better.  I've recently seen 
> "testthat::skip_on_cran(...)", but I have yet to understand enough of 
> how it works to actually use it.


Nor do I how they can find out, as our idea is that CRAN cannot be 
special cased.
If you want to run additional tests, you can execute them if some env 
var is set that you define on machines where you want to run the 
additional tests.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> 
> 
>        Thanks,
>        Spencer Graves
> 
> 
> On 2020-06-08 09:43, stefano wrote:
>> Hello Uwe,
>>
>> OK sorry for that.
>>
>> Best wishes.
>>
>> *Stefano *
>>
>>
>>
>> Stefano Mangiola | Postdoctoral fellow
>>
>> Papenfuss Laboratory
>>
>> The Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
>>
>> +61 (0)466452544
>>
>>
>> Il giorno mar 9 giu 2020 alle ore 00:40 Uwe Ligges <
>> ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> ha scritto:
>>
>>>
>>> On 08.06.2020 16:26, stefano wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to point out that I (and others in various forums) find 
>>>> that
>>>> the CRAN check with the note :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... NOTEMaintainer*
>>>
>>> Not true, it also says
>>>
>>> Flavor: r-devel-windows-ix86+x86_64
>>> Check: running examples for arch 'x64', Result: NOTE
>>>     Examples with CPU (user + system) or elapsed time > 10s
>>>                               user system elapsed
>>>     lower_triangular-methods 11.48      0    11.5
>>>
>>> Please reduce each example to less than 5 sec.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>> Triggers an email saying
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 1) *package nanny_0.1.7.tar.gz does not pass the incoming checks
>>>> automatically*
>>>>
>>>> 2) *Please fix all problems and resubmit a fixed version via the 
>>>> webform*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> While apparently nothing should be done, at least according to some 
>>>> forum
>>>> post
>>>>
>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23829978/checking-cran-incoming-feasibility-note-maintainer 
>>>
>>>> It would be nice to avoid this from the test side or the email side. It
>>> is
>>>> pretty confusing for developers who think that they have to act.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes.
>>>>
>>>> *Stefano *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Stefano Mangiola | Postdoctoral fellow
>>>>
>>>> Papenfuss Laboratory
>>>>
>>>> The Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
>>>>
>>>> +61 (0)466452544
>>>>
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