R CMD Check cannot run via GitHub Actions because of untagged version

[cpauvert]

Hello, thanks a lot for developing and maintaining this resource! I noticed that the Github Actions for checking this R package are always failing in a day or so (see screenshot or a recent run) and this is likely due to a change in https://github.com/r-lib/actions/issues/639

Since the end of 2022, the following line:

https://github.com/ropensci/taxize/blob/d067035e756a4103ab95407d5603a967fb8b0703/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml#L31

should use the tagged version of the action as in the {targets} package for example. and as shown below.

    - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2

Changing only this line should be a quick fix, but the overall workflow might need a dust-off, I wanted to submit a PR, but unfortunately there are a couple of API tokens/keys that are necessary (e.g., IUCN) that I do not have and cannot obtain (error 403). Therefore I cannot test the Github Actions properly. I'll try again at the beginning of the year and hope to help fix this issue and contribute to your ongoing effort.

Best,

[bschilder]

If interested, this may be a good opportunity to try rworkfllows, which is a centrally maintained GH Action (so you don't have to worry about fixing it yourself).

https://github.com/neurogenomics/rworkflows

[zachary-foster]

Thanks for the info @cpauvert and @bschilder! I don't have much experience with Github actions, so I will have to read up on it a bit and get back to this. In the mean time, I will implement the change suggested by @cpauvert.

[bschilder]

No worries @zachary-foster, if you like I could make a PR and get it set up for you. For context, rworkflows was designed to abstract away a lot of the technical details of setting up GHA so that you don't have to worry about it too much on your end.

[zachary-foster]

@bschilder Thank for the offer! Sure, a PR would be great!

[cpauvert]

Thanks @zachary-foster for considering this and for the last commit, it seems that something is still off unfortunately as the runs on macOS and windows are still failing..

Thanks @bschilder, I did not know about rworkflows and it could be a good new start!

Do you also have a 403 error when trying to get the IUCN API key at https://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/token?

[zachary-foster]

Yes, I also get a 403 error at that link.

[bschilder]

@zachary-foster @cpauvert just wanted to let you know I've made the PR for rworkflows here: #926