Mikael, in that case I think your requirements are wrong - Matrix says R >= 3.5.0 which is apparently incorrect - from what you say it should be 4.2.2?. I can certainly update to 4.2.3 if necessary.
Cheers, Simon > On 1/11/2023, at 9:19 AM, Mikael Jagan <jagan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks. We did see those ERRORs, stemming from use (since Matrix 1.6-0) > of amsmath commands in Rd files. These have been supported since R 4.2.2, > but r-oldrel-macos-* (unlike r-oldrel-windows-*) continues to run R 4.2.0. > My expectation was that those machines would begin running R >= 4.2.2 well > before the R 4.4.0 release, but apparently that was wrong. > > I am hesitant to complicate our Rd files with conditions on R versions > only to support PDF output for R < 4.2.2, but maybe we can consider it > for the Matrix 1.6-2 release if it is really a barrier for others ... > > Mikael > > On 2023-10-31 3:33 pm, Simon Urbanek wrote: >> Mikael, >> current Matrix fails checks on R-oldrel so that's why only the last working >> version is installed: >> https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_Matrix.html >> Cheers, >> Simon >>> On 1/11/2023, at 4:05 AM, Mikael Jagan <jagan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am guessing that they mean EdSurvey: >>> >>> https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_EdSurvey.html >>> >>> Probably Matrix 1.6-1.1 is not installed on r-oldrel-macos-arm64, >>> even though it can be, because it was not released until R 4.3-z. >>> >>> AFAIK, methods for 'qr' have not been touched since Matrix 1.6-0, and >>> even those changes should have been backwards compatible, modulo handling >>> of dimnames (class sparseQR gained a Dimnames slot in 1.6-0). >>> >>> So I don't see a clear reason for requiring 1.6-1.1. Requiring 1.6-0 >>> might make sense, if somehow EdSurvey depends on how class sparseQR >>> preserves dimnames. But IIRC our rev. dep. checks at that time did not >>> reveal problems with EdSurvey. >>> >>> Mikael >>> >>> On 2023-10-31 7:00 am, r-package-devel-requ...@r-project.org wrote: >>>> Paul, >>>> can you give us a bit more detail? Which package, which build and where >>>> you got the errors? Older builds may not have the latest Matrix. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Simon >>>>> On 31/10/2023, at 11:26 AM, Bailey, Paul via >>>>> R-package-devel<r-package-devel@r-project.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm the maintainer for a few packages, one of which is currently failing >>>>> CRAN checks on Mac OS because Matrix is not available in my required >>>>> version (the latest). I had to fix a few things due to changes in the >>>>> latest Matrix package because of how qr works and I thought, given the >>>>> apparent API change, I should then require the latest version. My error >>>>> is, "Package required and available but unsuitable version: 'Matrix'" >>>>> >>>>> When I look at the NEWS in Matrix there is no mention of Mac OS issues, >>>>> what the latest stable version of Matrix is, nor when a fix is expected. >>>>> What version do MacOS version test Matrix with by default? Where is this >>>>> documented? I assumes it always tested with the latest version on CRAN, >>>>> so I'm a bit surprised. Or will this be resolved soon and I shouldn't >>>>> bother CRAN maintainers with a new version of my package? >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Paul >>>>> >>>>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >>> > ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
