From pdalgd at gmail.com  Wed Nov  5 13:56:25 2014
From: pdalgd at gmail.com (peter dalgaard)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 13:56:25 +0100
Subject: [Rd] R 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 both fail their test suites
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On 05 Nov 2014, at 13:12 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I don't think we should be removing tests for everybody to allow a few
> people to test a build of R that none of us actually use.

Yes. Having R pass "make check" while breaking recommended packages would be unfortunate. I wouldn't object to special variations like "make check-without-recommended" or "make check-core". Except, of course, if the dontrun/dontcheck logic gets even more convoluted than it already is...


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[Rd] R 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 both fail their test suites
peter dalgaard