[R-pkg-devel] CRAN checks for release of a package with new vignette engine
Thank you. I wasn't aware of this bug report [1] but definitely what I encountered while working on the feature, and for CI testing. My understanding is similar to Jeroen, and I believe it will solve itself once the new version is made available. Is the following step to reply to the CRAN teams after automated checks to explain the situation ? Christophe [1] https://bugs.r-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18191
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 9:28?PM Jeroen Ooms <jeroenooms at gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 5:50?PM Christophe Dervieux <cderv at 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/