[R-pkg-devel] Update timing of machines on CRAN?

[SHIMA Tatsuya]

Thanks for your answer.

Unlike Windows Server, which has a long support period, Fedora's support 
period is usually about one year, so it is surprising that the old 
Fedora continues to be used.
And, unlike Windows, Linux uses the distribution standard packages for 
builds, which causes problems like the current Fedora machine that 
continues to use the old Rust.

Hope to see an update soon. Thanks to the staff for maintaining the 
infrastructure.

Best,
Tatsuya

On 2023/12/01 23:43, Uwe Ligges wrote:
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> On 01.12.2023 13:28, SHIMA Tatsuya wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I maintain the prqlr package that uses rustc for compiling, so I 
>> regularly check the version of Rust on CRAN.
>> And I have noticed that the Rust version of Fedora has been stagnant 
>> for the past few months and was wondering why, but upon investigation 
>> I realized that this is because Fedora on CRAN is currently Fedora 36 
>> (out of support in May).
>> <https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_flavors.html>
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>> It was quite a surprise to me that out of support Fedora is being 
>> used, but what is the normal cycle for machines on CRAN to be 
>> updated? And do we have any way of knowing that schedule?
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> It depends on the maintainer who cares about these machine, the 
> institution where it is hosted, the availability of technical staff, 
> and the technical pressure.
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> I could not even say when the machines I maintain will be updated.
> On one version of the retired winbuilder severs we kept the same OS 
> version for almost 10 years.
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> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
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>> Best,
>> Tatsuya
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