Fix package installation failures for static workflow

[HDash]

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 85.75%. Comparing base (218fa5f) to head (c706458).
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[bschilder]

Thanks @HDash! All good to be merged ?

[HDash]

Hey @bschilder, reverting the Bioc version for static tests to RELEASE seems to fix the issues. Not sure why R dependency package downloads fail with the devel version.

I suspect it’s a devel issue, but switching to RELEASE just to fix this might be a temporary bandaid, unless the stars align and the devel sorts itself out.

[bschilder]

Hey @bschilder, reverting the Bioc version for static tests to RELEASE seems to fix the issues. Not sure why R dependency package downloads fail with the devel version.

I suspect it’s a devel issue, but switching to RELEASE just to fix this might be a temporary bandaid, unless the stars align and the devel sorts itself out.

devel is more likely to have some broken deps bc developers are usually experimenting w new code there. Still, it can be helpful to "look ahead" at potential issues. I think for the purposes of the static workflow using RELEASE should be fine for now.