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

[Simon Urbanek]

Ok, apparently it may not be trivial to add the results and then move them again in two days because of the release changes on CRAN, so for those interested I have created a quick and dirty web front-end that allows you to dump all results for a given package from the macOS staging server. The URL is "https://stats2021.nz/macos-results?<package>" so, for example, if you want the result for the package "uuid" you would use https://stats2021.nz/macos-results?uuid - this will likely be only temporary until the release since it's truly just a file dump without the formatting that CRAN uses.

Cheers,
Simon



> On Apr 20, 2022, at 2:29 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>