[R-SIG-Mac] Please test R 4.2.0 pre-releases

[Simon Urbanek]

Jeroen,

as far as I can tell MacBuilder currently works - I see no problems. If you have a question about a specific submission, send me the ID and I can have a look.

As for CRAN checks - good point, there are available in the reports area, but it seems that the flavors are not registered on the CRAN website. CCing CRAN - can we, please, have the R-devel-macos checks listed?

Thanks,
Simon



> On Apr 20, 2022, at 4:32 AM, Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 4:38 AM Simon Urbanek
> <simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Mac users,
>> 
>> we are nearing the release of R 4.2.0 (on Friday) which introduces some significant changes not only in R itself, but also in some Mac-specific build settings. Please help us by testing R pre-releases *before* the release such that any obvious issues can be caught prior to the release. The nightly pre-releases both for Intel Macs (high-sierra build) as well as M1 Macs (big-sur build) are available at
>> 
>> https://mac.r-project.org/
>> 
>> The nightly Installer packages (R-4.2-branch.pkg) are created just like the release and signed, but not always Apple notarized, so to install hold the <Ctrl> key when opening and pick "Open" in the dialog box if prompted.
>> 
>> Package binaries for R 4.2.0 are also now available on CRAN, please report any issues to me. The Mac Builder has also been updated to use latest libraries and it now defaults to the R pre-release.
> 
> Is the m1 macbuilder (https://mac.r-project.org/macbuilder/submit.html
> ) still supported? I tried uploading a package, but it still says
> "Please check back later" after an hour, and I did not receive any
> email, and the auto-refresh seems broken (the embedded jquery url is
> 404). Afaict, the package check logs for mac-4.2 are also still not
> available on cran, so this makes it quite difficult for package
> authors to help with timely reporting the Mac-specific build issues
> that you mention.
>