On 7 February 2024 at 09:15, Vincent van Hees wrote: | Thanks Ivan, In that case I will conclude that it is time to upgrade my | Ubuntu 18 machine. I just wasn't sure whether there is still a need for | keeping my own package Ubuntu 18 compatible, but if dependencies like Rfast | do not do it and if it is even not in the CRAN checks anymore then there is | also limited value in me making the effort.
I think that is a good conclusion. A few more observations: - for #r2u I package / build all of CRAN for Ubuntu (both 20.04 and 22.04), there are a handful of CRAN packages I cannot build on Ubuntu 20.04 (!!!) because they use C++20 which the default compiler on 20.04 does not support - in my dayjob (also behind one large CRAN package I maintain) we had to move all CI jobs from 20.04 to 22.04 for the same reason. I think this will me more, not less, common. - your premise in your initial email was not quite supported by either "Writing R Extensions" nor the "CRAN Repository Policy": Neither stipulates a minimum 'old' environment. FWIW I am a fairly happy camper with 22.04 for deployment, 23.10 for my use and will likely move to 22.04 fairly soon this summer after it is released. Cheers, Dirk -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
