[R-pkg-devel] Depending on R 4.5.0 because a related package depends on it?

[Shu Fai Cheung]

Hi All,

I would like to ask a quick question.

I am the maintainer of Package A, which imports Package B, and Package
B imports Package C.

An R-CMD-check action on an old release of R, conducted by GitHub
action, failed, because Package C depends on R 4.5.0. However, I found
that several other packages that import Package C, including Package
B, do not require R 4.5.0. They also did not fail in all the CRAN
package checks, including those r-oldrel-* checks.

Does it mean that I can safely ignore that failure and submit a new
version of my package to CRAN? I can change Package A to depend on R
4.5.0 if necessary. I just wonder whether I have to do so.

Regards,
Shu Fai