Perhaps I have missed some detail, but would Gabor Csardi's r-builder code not provide this (or something close to it) for Linux at least? See: https://github.com/metacran/r-builder
This builds on the R support for Travis CI, and allows for testing against R-release and R-devel (plus R-oldrelease IIRC) It's pretty trivial to set-up but you do need your code in a github repo (for the Travis deployment - I don't know anything about Semaphore, the other option r-builder allows for). G On 21 July 2015 at 09:04, MAURICIO ZAMBRANO BIGIARINI < mauricio.zambr...@ufrontera.cl> wrote: > On 21 July 2015 at 11:46, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 21/07/2015 9:01 AM, ProfJCNash wrote: > >> > >> There has been some disagreement on where it is appropriate to post > >> questions about package checking procedures, including the building of > >> the environment e.g., R-devel under Linux Mint. > >> > >> In looking at https://www.r-project.org/mail.html, it seems to me that > >> the procedures belong with r-package-devel, but there doesn't seem to be > >> a good home for the consequent need to build R-devel to do this. Have I > >> missed the appropriate list? > >> > >> It seems to me that the volume of queries of this sort, and the success > >> of WinBuilder, suggest we could seriously use similar a Linbuilder and > >> MacBuilder (and possibly others). There's a lot of duplicated effort > >> being wasted on the R-devel side in particular. > >> > >> Is there sufficient interest to > >> - make the effort to emulate Winbuilder for Linux and/or Mac > >> - coordinate the volunteer effort > >> - fund/support the necessary infrastructure (it could be worth a modest > >> contribution to save effort)? > >> > >> For the record, I'm willing to participate. I've managed to set up Linux > >> Mint VirtualBox instances that run R current and R devel for testing, > >> though I find I must do more work than I'd like to maintain things, > >> likely as a result of my own limited skills. > > > > That sounds like the sort of project the R Consortium would support. > > They are just getting started, but soon they will have a committee set > > up to decide on projects, and presumably soon after that will have a > > process in place to solicit them. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > In my humble opinion, such a project could be of great utility to > several people that is starting to migrate to GNU/Linux, or to people > willing to test their packages with the latest development version of > R but without all the knowledge to properly set up the environment on > their local machines. > > If I can contribute to a "LinBuilder" (e.g., testing), I would be > willing to do it. > > Kind regards, > > > Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini, PhD > > ===================================== > Dept. of Civil Engineering > Faculty of Engineering and Sciences > Universidad de La Frontera > PO Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile > ===================================== > mailto : mauricio.zambr...@ufrontera.cl > work-phone : +56 45 259 2812 > http://ingenieriacivil.ufro.cl/ > ===================================== > "When the pupil is ready, the master arrives." > (Zen proverb) > ===================================== > Linux user #454569 -- Linux Mint user > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > -- Gavin Simpson, PhD [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
