Hi Paul,
On 18 April 2024 at 11:50, Paul Gevers wrote: | Hi Dirk, | | On 18-04-2024 4:41 a.m., Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > I uploaded a first | > beta release r-base_4.3.3.20240409-1 to 'experimental' a week ago, I just | > followed up with a rc release r-base_4.3.3.20240416-1. | | Thanks for preparing in experimental, as that triggers some QA. | | > Given these non-changes, I do not think we need a formal transition. If the | > release teams thinks otherwise, please let me know, ideally before April 24. | | https://qa.debian.org/excuses.php?experimental=1&package=r-base shows | there are 5 reverse (test) dependencies who's autopkgtest fail with the | latest r-base in experimental. You'll want to discuss with the | maintainers of those packages what that means for either r-base or their | packages (ideally by filing bug reports to track the discussion). Right now it now only shows 'all reports (re-)running'. But package r-base has had the usual issues in unstable for a few weeks now because 'some people' insist on adding autopkg tests including for architectures / build sizes no longer supported upstream -- R stopped 32 bit support over a year and release ago -- as well continually letting dependencies slip so that the autopkg tests involve old and outdated package releases combined with the fact that BioConductor has _very_ specific release cycles yet they throw r-bioc-* package in too) so there is little I can do on the end of package r-base. Briefly, I am being put into a bad corner by other maintainers here, and I no longer have the energy to discuss that with them. We have been at this for years. The r-base package itself is fine in unstable, as well as with eg the packages I maintain. It is also fine in Ubuntu (and Debian, both also via backports we coordinate at the R mirror network CRAN) and I run an add-on project [1] where *every* CRAN package (and 400+ BioConductor packages) is turned into .deb packages access from R via install.packages() (for the two most recent LTS releases). I know this stuff, I have been using and contributing to R for 25 years, I am in close contact with upstream, and I happen to sit on the R Foundation board. Cheers, Dirk [1] https://eddelbuettel.github.io/r2u | Paul | x[DELETED ATTACHMENT OpenPGP_signature.asc, application/pgp-signature] -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org
