stop testing with R 3.6 on Linux

microsoft · Nov 29, 2024 · de57385 · de57385
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diff --git a/.ci/install-old-r-packages.R b/.ci/install-old-r-packages.R
diff --git a/.ci/test-r-package.sh b/.ci/test-r-package.sh
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ fi
 
 # Get details needed for installing R components
 R_MAJOR_VERSION="${R_VERSION%.*}"
-if [[ "${R_MAJOR_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
-    export R_MAC_VERSION=3.6.3
-    export R_MAC_PKG_URL=${CRAN_MIRROR}/bin/macosx/R-${R_MAC_VERSION}.nn.pkg
-    export R_LINUX_VERSION="3.6.3-1bionic"
-    export R_APT_REPO="bionic-cran35/"
-elif [[ "${R_MAJOR_VERSION}" == "4" ]]; then
+if [[ "${R_MAJOR_VERSION}" == "4" ]]; then
     export R_MAC_VERSION=4.3.1
     export R_MAC_PKG_URL=${CRAN_MIRROR}/bin/macosx/big-sur-${ARCH}/base/R-${R_MAC_VERSION}-${ARCH}.pkg
     export R_LINUX_VERSION="4.3.1-1.2204.0"
@@ -108,16 +103,10 @@ if [[ $OS_NAME == "macos" ]]; then
     export R_TIDYCMD=/usr/local/bin/tidy
 fi
 
-# fix for issue where CRAN was not returning {evaluate}, {lattice}, or {waldo} when using R 3.6
-# "Warning: dependency ‘lattice’ is not available"
-if [[ "${R_MAJOR_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
-    Rscript --vanilla ./.ci/install-old-r-packages.R
-else
-    # {Matrix} needs {lattice}, so this needs to run before manually installing {Matrix}.
-    # This should be unnecessary on R >=4.4.0
-    # ref: https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/6433
-    Rscript --vanilla -e "install.packages('lattice', repos = '${CRAN_MIRROR}', lib = '${R_LIB_PATH}')"
-fi
+# {Matrix} needs {lattice}, so this needs to run before manually installing {Matrix}.
+# This should be unnecessary on R >=4.4.0
+# ref: https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/6433
+Rscript --vanilla -e "install.packages('lattice', repos = '${CRAN_MIRROR}', lib = '${R_LIB_PATH}')"
 
 # manually install {Matrix}, as {Matrix}=1.7-0 raised its R floor all the way to R 4.4.0
 # ref: https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/6433

diff --git a/.github/workflows/r_package.yml b/.github/workflows/r_package.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/1590#issuecomment-2207052044
-  #
-  # this could be removed (hopefully) when R 3.6 support is removed
-  ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
   # in CMake-driven builds, parallelize compilation
   CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL: 4
   # on Debian-based images, avoid interactive prompts
@@ -48,12 +44,6 @@ jobs:
           ################
           # CMake builds #
           ################
-          - os: macOS-13
-            task: r-package
-            compiler: gcc
-            r_version: 3.6
-            build_type: cmake
-            container: 'ubuntu:18.04'
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             task: r-package
             compiler: gcc
@@ -180,13 +170,6 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install pandoc
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
-        if: matrix.container != 'ubuntu:18.04'
-      # R 3.6 binary isn't easily available on Ubuntu 18.04,
-      # but setup-pandoc>=2.7.1 is uses a too-new glibc for it.
-      # ref: https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/6298
-      - name: Install pandoc
-        uses: r-lib/actions/[email protected]
-        if: matrix.container == 'ubuntu:18.04'
       - name: Install tinytex
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'windows')
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2