Hi all, I noticed that bioc_check on devel checks for R version dependency, and produces a warning to change R dependency to 3.6 (currently set as R >= 3.5.0). Just quickly looking at Bioconductor packages, it seems that at least half of the packages will have this warning, if tested. It also means that packages will need to change R dependency each release cycle (and different R versions for release and devel).
To be honest, I am not fully convinced also on the rationale behind it. Quoting http://master.bioconductor.org/packages/devel/bioc/vignettes/BiocCheck/inst/doc/BiocCheck.html#version-checks "BiocCheck checks to make sure that the R version specified matches the version currently used by *Bioconductor*. This prevents the package from being used in earlier versions of R, which is not recommended and is a frequent cause of user confusion (WARNING)." Currently, I am using TravisCI to Bioc_check my package on both release and devel modes, so it is not also possible to change the R version as suggested in the warning. I wonder if there is a possible work around, other than looking the other way. Link to build here: https://travis-ci.org/ahmohamed/lipidr/jobs/511789232#L5673 Cheers. Ahmed. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ Bioc-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioc-devel
