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[R-pkg-devel] Update of CRAN repository at win-builder r-devel?

9 messages · Ian Lyttle, Daniel Sjoberg, Ben Bolker +1 more

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?I am trying to check a package release-candidate on win-builder r-devel. This package imports a recently-released version of another package, {vegawidget}.
The check on win-builder (r-devel) fails:
* checking package dependencies ... ERROR
Package required and available but unsuitable version: 'vegawidget'
{vegawidget} 0.4.1 was released on CRAN on 2022-01-29, but is apparently not available to win-builder r-devel.
For what it?s worth, the check passes for win-builder r-release and r-oldrel.
Is this just a matter of me needing to be more patient, or could there be something ?stuck? at win-builder?
Thanks!
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For what it's worth, I am seeing a similar issue.

I am trying to make a release that depends on the hardhat package, which
made a release on 2022-01-24, and it's still unavailable to check on
WinDevel. I am also depending on the newest release of gtsummary which was
made available on CRAN on 2022-01-29 (after hardhat's release). The
gtsummary package, however, became available on WinDevel a few days later.

Thank you,
Daniel
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 9:06 AM Ian Lyttle <ijlyttle at me.com> wrote:
This package imports a recently-released version of another package,
{vegawidget}.
not available to win-builder r-devel.
r-oldrel.
something ?stuck? at win-builder?

  
  
5 days later
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Is there something wrong with the Windows Dev machine? It's now been 3
weeks since the release of the hardhat package v 0.2.0 on CRAN, and it's
still not available in the Win Dev check.

I have this in my DESCRIPTION file:
Imports:
    hardhat (>= 0.2.0)

And still getting this note when running devtools::check_win_devel().

Package required and available but unsuitable version: 'hardhat'

https://cran.r-project.org/package=hardhat

Daniel


On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 9:55 AM Daniel Sjoberg <danield.sjoberg at gmail.com>
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I'd suggest writing to CRAN to point out that they may need to take a 
look, if you haven't already done so.  In the meantime, you can test 
elsewhere (R-hub, Github, your own Windows machine or image, etc.)

Duncan Murdoch
On 13/02/2022 10:32 a.m., Daniel Sjoberg wrote:
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Thank you so much for the response Duncan!

How does one go about writing to CRAN?

The package is tested and ready to be shipped to CRAN, but since it's
failing on Win Devel, I assumed it would be auto-rejected if I submitted
for a CRAN release.

On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 2:29 PM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
wrote:

  
  
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Write to cran at r-project.org , I think ...
On 2/13/22 2:33 PM, Daniel Sjoberg wrote:

  
    
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On 13/02/2022 2:33 p.m., Daniel Sjoberg wrote:
Ben gave you the address:  cran at r-project.org.
I think CRAN and Winbuilder are separate machines. If CRAN isn't showing 
errors in its tests of the hardhat package then it has probably 
successfully built it and will use it in tests.   Currently it looks fine:

  https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_hardhat.html

I do recommend testing on Windows R-devel on one of the other platforms 
I listed before submitting to CRAN.  I don't think auto-rejects waste a 
lot of their time, but it's better to get accepted on the first try.

Duncan Murdoch
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I tried win-builder (r-devel) again today, everything works for me. Looking forward to a smooth CRAN submission.

Thanks for the support and advice,

Ian
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Thanks Duncan for the advice about the separate dev and production CRAN
systems. While the hardhat pkg was not available on Win Devel, I submitted
to CRAN last night and it was immediately accepted. Much appreciated!
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022, 7:19 AM Ian Lyttle <ijlyttle at me.com> wrote: