[R-pkg-devel] CRAN checks for release of a package with new vignette engine

[Uwe Ligges]

OK, can you pls submit that one to CRAN again?

Best,
Uwe Ligges

On 04.03.2024 16:53, Christophe Dervieux wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> yes I have defined in DESCRIPTION
> 
>      VignetteBuilder:
>          quarto
> 
> and running `tools:::loadVignetteBuilder` on the package source
> directory reads it correctly.
> 
>      > tools:::loadVignetteBuilder(".")
>      [1] "quarto" "utils"
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christophe
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM Uwe Ligges
> <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>
>> So you have defined
>>
>>
>>     VignetteBuilder: quarto
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe
>>
>> On 26.02.2024 21:28, Jeroen Ooms wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 5:50 PM Christophe Dervieux <cderv using posit.co> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to release a new version of the quarto R package. This new
>>>> version is adding support for a new vignette engine that will use quarto
>>>> CLI (https://quarto.org) when available. The vignettes inside the package
>>>> itself are '.qmd' files built with quarto.
>>>>
>>>> While developing the feature, I noticed that R CMD check will query for
>>>> vignette engines information, and it will find engine in already installed
>>>> package (with `tools:::vignetteEngine`). So a package adding a new engine,
>>>> and using this engine for its vignette only works when the package is
>>>> installed before check.
>>>
>>>
>>> This looks similar to https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18191
>>>
>>> Based on what I can see from the public cran incoming files [1,2], I
>>> suspect the Debian check is loading the CRAN version of quarto (1.3),
>>> rather than the one being checked (1.4), to test vignettes. As a
>>> result it does not recognize the new qmd type vignettes introduced in
>>> this version.
>>>
>>> If this is indeed the case, the problem will resolve itself once the
>>> submission is approved.
>>>
>>>    [1] https://cran.r-project.org/incoming/archive/quarto_1.4.tar.gz
>>>    [2] https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/quarto_1.4_20240221_175256/
>>>
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