[R-pkg-devel] puzzling CRAN rejection

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 12/10/2020 6:51 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
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> 
> On 10/12/20 6:36 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> On 12/10/2020 6:14 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> I'd say a mismatch in saved output isn't a small problem, it's either a
>>>> too-sensitive test or something serious.
>>>>
>>>> Duncan Murdoch
>>>>
>>>
>>>      That's fair enough, but it would be nice if (1) this were a NOTE and
>>
>> I don't think so.  As I said, I think it should be marked as an ERROR.
> 
>     OK.  But it would probably be wise (if the CRAN maintainers actually
> wanted to do this) to crank it up from silent -> NOTE -> WARNING ->
> ERROR over the course of several releases so as not to have widespread
> test failures on CRAN right away ...

Do you think so?  Why would you put saved results into the package 
unless you want to test if they match?

Honestly, I thought this had always been a fatal error.

Duncan Murdoch