Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-12 Thread J C Nash
t; Martin > > > >> -Original Message- > >> From: R-devel [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of > Spencer > >> Graves > >> Sent: Friday, 08 January, 2021 13:04 > >> To: r-devel@r-project.org >

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-11 Thread Martin Maechler
> Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP) > on Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:41:03 + writes: >>> Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP) >>> on Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:50:14 + writes: >> >> > Instead of a separate file to store such a list, would it be an idea >> to add versions of the \h

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-11 Thread Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)
>> Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP) >> on Fri, 8 Jan 2021 13:50:14 + writes: > >> Instead of a separate file to store such a list, would it be an idea >to add versions of the \href{}{} and \url{} markup commands that are skipped >by the URL checks? >> Best, >> Wolfgang > >I th

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-11 Thread Martin Maechler
authors should get ways to skip URL checking.. Martin >> -Original Message- >> From: R-devel [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Spencer >> Graves >> Sent: Friday, 08 January, 2021 13:04 >> To: r-devel@r-project.org >> Su

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-11 Thread Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)
gt;Graves >Sent: Friday, 08 January, 2021 13:04 >To: r-devel@r-project.org >Subject: Re: [Rd] URL checks > > I also would be pleased to be allowed to provide "a list of known >false-positive/exceptions" to the URL tests. I've been challenged >multiple times r

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-09 Thread J C Nash
Is this a topic for Google Summer of Code? See https://github.com/rstats-gsoc/gsoc2021/wiki On 2021-01-09 12:34 p.m., Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > The idea of 'white lists' to prevent known (and 'tolerated') issues, note, > warnings, ... from needlessly reappearing is very powerful and general,

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-09 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
The idea of 'white lists' to prevent known (and 'tolerated') issues, note, warnings, ... from needlessly reappearing is very powerful and general, and can go much further than just URL checks. I suggested several times in the past that we can look at the format Debian uses in its 'lintian' packa

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-08 Thread Spencer Graves
I also would be pleased to be allowed to provide "a list of known false-positive/exceptions" to the URL tests. I've been challenged multiple times regarding URLs that worked fine when I checked them. We should not be required to do a partial lobotomy to pass R CMD check ;-) Spe

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-08 Thread Hugo Gruson
I encountered the same issue today with https://astrostatistics.psu.edu/. This is a trust chain issue, as explained here: https://whatsmychaincert.com/?astrostatistics.psu.edu. I've worked for a couple of years on a project to increase HTTPS adoption on the web and we noticed that this type

Re: [Rd] URL checks

2021-01-07 Thread Kirill Müller via R-devel
One other failure mode: SSL certificates trusted by browsers that are not installed on the check machine, e.g. the "GEANT Vereniging" certificate from https://relational.fit.cvut.cz/ . K On 07.01.21 12:14, Kirill Müller via R-devel wrote: Hi The URL checks in R CMD check test all links in