[#6799] Matrix 1.5 should probably rely on newer R versions

Date:
2023-03-12 15:12 Priority:
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Submitted by:
Daniel Tholen (thalecress) Assigned to:
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Summary:
Matrix 1.5 should probably rely on newer R versions

Detailed description
DESCRIPTION has: Depends: R (>= 3.5.0), methods however 1.5.1 fails on R version 3.6.3 (Ubuntu LTS) because last year's updates to kronecker use sequence.default, and I get an error saying that function doesn't exist. I think this was added in https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/4086ae89b6db1dc0fd139ecc3f3a19c36f2b3cb5. Reverting to 1.4-1 makes everything work again.

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Date: 2023-03-13 20:04 Sender: Mikael Jagan Yes, it was my unfortunate mistake. It has been patched in Matrix-devel for ~3 months (since r3775, where we define 'sequence.default' in .onLoad() if necessary), but we've not been able to release Matrix 1.5-4 due to other problems (and lack of time). Anyway, when reporting bugs, do try to test on Matrix-devel: > install.packages("Matrix", repos = "http://R-Forge.R-project.org";)

Field	Old Value	Date	By
status_id	Open	2023-03-13 20:22	jaganmn
close_date	None	2023-03-13 20:22	jaganmn