[R-pkg-devel] Matrix and Mac OS

[Mikael Jagan]

Re-sending to the list with correct subject line ...

I should undigest myself ...

Mikael

On 2023-10-31 11:05 am, Mikael Jagan wrote:
> I am guessing that they mean EdSurvey:
> 
>       https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_EdSurvey.html
> 
> Probably Matrix 1.6-1.1 is not installed on r-oldrel-macos-arm64,
> even though it can be, because it was not released until R 4.3-z.
> 
> AFAIK, methods for 'qr' have not been touched since Matrix 1.6-0, and
> even those changes should have been backwards compatible, modulo handling
> of dimnames (class sparseQR gained a Dimnames slot in 1.6-0).
> 
> So I don't see a clear reason for requiring 1.6-1.1.  Requiring 1.6-0
> might make sense, if somehow EdSurvey depends on how class sparseQR
> preserves dimnames.  But IIRC our rev. dep. checks at that time did not
> reveal problems with EdSurvey.
> 
> Mikael
> 
> On 2023-10-31 7:00 am, r-package-devel-request using r-project.org wrote:
>> Paul,
>>
>> can you give us a bit more detail? Which package, which build and where you got the errors? Older builds may not have the latest Matrix.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>>> On 31/10/2023, at 11:26 AM, Bailey, Paul via R-package-devel<r-package-devel using r-project.org>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm the maintainer for a few packages, one of which is currently failing CRAN checks on Mac OS because Matrix is not available in my required version (the latest). I had to fix a few things due to changes in the latest Matrix package because of how qr works and I thought, given the apparent API change, I should then require the latest version. My error is, "Package required and available but unsuitable version: 'Matrix'"
>>>
>>> When I look at the NEWS in Matrix there is no mention of Mac OS issues, what the latest stable version of Matrix is, nor when a fix is expected. What version do MacOS version test Matrix with by default? Where is this documented? I assumes it always tested with the latest version on CRAN, so I'm a bit surprised. Or will this be resolved soon and I shouldn't bother CRAN maintainers with a new version of my package?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Paul
>>>
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