[R-SIG-Mac] CRAN Checks for R-Release appear to use R-Devel

[Marc Schwartz]

Simon,

Thanks!

Marc


Simon Urbanek wrote on 5/25/21 4:47 PM:
> Marc,
>
> thanks, now it makes sense to me. Yes, the checks results don't seem to be synced and it is also missing the arm64 checks. I'll investigate.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
>
>> On May 26, 2021, at 8:35 AM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz using me.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is in reply to Simon's request that I post on this topic separately from Hans' prior thread on rlang related problems.
>>
>> In the course of looking at a few CRAN packages for that thread, including my own, I noted on the CRAN checks page for each package, that the results logs indicate the use of "R Under development", rather than the current R release version.
>>
>> Specific example:
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>> The CRAN check page for rlang:
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>> https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_rlang.html
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>> shows in row 10:
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>> r-release-macos-x86_64  OK
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>> If I click on OK to get the CRAN check log with the following URL:
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>> https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-release-macos-x86_64/rlang-00check.html
>>
>> noting that the above URL shows:
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>> .../r-release-macos-x86_64/...
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>> However, the log header shows:
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>> "using R Under development (unstable) (2021-02-19 r80028)"
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>> Thus, if I read correctly, while the link should be for the CRAN check results log for the package using R release (4.1.0), it appears to be using an R development version from February 19, 2021.
>>
>> If I check the same R Release logs for Linux and Windows for rlang:
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>> https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-release-linux-x86_64/rlang-00check.html
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>> and:
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>> https://www.r-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-release-windows-ix86+x86_64/rlang-00check.html
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>> respectively, both indicate:
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>> using R version 4.1.0 (2021-05-18)
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>> in the log headers.
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>> If I check the rlang logs for other OSs on "r-devel", they indicate:
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>> "using R Under development (unstable) (2021-05-20 r80347)"
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>> Thus, a more recent development version of R from May 20, 2021.
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>> So, perhaps naively, I would presume a configuration issue for the macOS binaries on CRAN.
>>
>> Simon, does that clarify the point I was making in the prior thread?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Marc
>>