stan-dev / stan-dev/rstanarm

Reminder to fix version numbers in Makevars files

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Description

CRAN is adding a warning if package version numbers are not strings (e.g. 2.26 vs '2.26'). This needs to be fixed in rstanarm's Makevars files.

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Research direction

Start by locating rstanarm's Makevars files and checking the version-number assignments mentioned in the issue. Confirm the expected format against the CRAN warning, then update the affected values and verify that the package build no longer triggers that warning.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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