[R-pkg-team] Bug#1039926: Will file bug report for complete R transition (Was: Bug#1039926: svglite requires rebuild under R 4.3.*)

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Johannes,

Am Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 03:22:19PM +0200 schrieb Johannes Ranke:
> I think option 1 from [1] is the way to go, i.e. make r-base provide a 
> graphics API version according to the R changelog, and have the relevant 
> packages depend on that graphics API version. How to identify them was 
> discussed previously on this list [2]. Using the codesearch and github URLS 
> provided in that email, the list given there could be updated.

That's a good hint.  I took it as resource to draft some proof of
concept change for dh-r.
 
> Somehow Dirk is hesitant to do this, I think it is just a matter of "is this 
> really necessary"? To me, it seems there is ample evidence by now that it is 
> indeed necessary, for the mental sanity of everyone involved, and to avoid 
> future discussions about a full R API bump just because of the graphics API on 
> the one hand, and to avoid breaking things by just ignoring the issue on the 
> other hand.

I've filed bug #1040001 and we'll see what release team will decide.

Kind regards
   Andreas.

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