On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Gavin Simpson <ucfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
It does, although it only does Ubuntu 12.04 if you use Travis, because that's what Travis has. IMHO this does not really matter for 95% of the packages, and having R-devel in addition to R-release and R-oldrel is more important. > This builds on the R support for Travis CI, and allows for testing against > R-release and R-devel (plus R-oldrelease IIRC) It actually does not build on R support for Travis CI. Since it needs its own R installations, it does not make much sense to use the built-in R support. > 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). Yeah, it needs to be on GitHub. Gabor > 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 ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
