## Summary
Adds the curated **patch registry** and wiring that drives bincraft's new package-patching mechanism (see bincraft PR `feat/package-patching`).
Lets specific packages be patched (env/configure/Makevars overrides or source diffs) before pak installs them — including as transitive dependencies — so compiler-/OS-specific failures like RcppParallel's bundled TBB stop cascading.
## What's included
- `local/patches/registry.json` — initial entry: RcppParallel with `RCPP_PARALLEL_USE_TBB=0` for alpine / ubuntu-2604, plus `local/patches/README.md` schema docs.
- `local/validate-patches.R` — validates schema, referenced patch files, and ambiguous overlaps; clean failure + exit 1 (no stacktrace).
- `.pre-commit-config.yaml` — a `validate-patches` hook (re-runs when the registry or the validator changes).
- `local/build-one.R` / `local/build-all.R` — pass `patches = "local/patches"` to `bincraft::build_binary_package()`.
- `specs/2026-06-30-package-patching-design.md` and `plans/2026-06-30-package-patching-implementation.md`.
## ⚠️ Merge ordering (blocker)
This PR adds a `patches = ...` argument to `build_binary_package()` calls.
The `.crow/*.yaml` workflows currently pin bincraft **v4.2.3**, which does not accept that argument — CI will error with `unused argument (patches=...)` until:
1. bincraft **v4.3.0** is released (PR `feat/package-patching`), and
2. the pin is bumped in `.crow/build-all-versions-install-deps.yaml`, `.crow/build-all-versions.yaml`, and `.crow/process-updates.yaml`.
The `.crow` pin bump will be added to this PR once bincraft v4.3.0 is tagged. Do not merge before then.
Reviewed-on: #103
## Summary
- Switch crow workflow placement from a per-agent label (`agent: ${AGENT}`) to a group label (`group: rpkgs-${ARCH}`), so jobs target the `rpkgs-amd64` / `rpkgs-arm64` agent pools instead of a single named agent (`artemis`/`gaia`).
- Remove the now-unused `AGENT` matrix variable from all build/process/weekly workflows.
- Update header comments to reflect group-based placement.
Agents opt into a pool via `CROW_AGENT_LABELS="group=rpkgs-<arch>"`. The group name derives from each matrix row's `ARCH`, so adding or replacing agents no longer requires touching the workflow files.
Reviewed-on: #94
The matrix consolidation routed cron events through
`evaluate: 'CI_PIPELINE_CRON == "..."'`, but CI_PIPELINE_CRON is not
exposed to the when.evaluate constraint context, so no matrix row ever
matched and the scheduled process-updates / weekly runs stopped firing.
Switch back to the first-class `cron:` name filter (still parameterized
per matrix row) which the server matches directly against the fired cron.
## Summary
Collapse **44** per-platform crow pipeline files into **3** matrix-driven files (one per family), using `matrix.include` + the crow #1165 declarative manual `variables:` block:
| Family | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| process-updates | 14 | `process-updates.yaml` |
| weekly-audit-missing | 16 | `weekly-audit-missing.yaml` |
| weekly-rebuild-missing | 14 | `weekly-rebuild-missing.yaml` |
- **One file per family** (not split by arch). Arch placement is via the agent label as a matrix var (`artemis`=amd64, `gaia`=arm64) for process-updates and weekly-rebuild; weekly-audit keeps its arch-`nodeSelector` placement (no agent label).
- **Matrix axis is named `OS`** (e.g. `redhat-9`) per request, with per-row `R_VERSION`, image tag, codename, and `process_new` (FALSE for alpine).
- **Runs preserved 1:1:**
- *Cron*: each existing `<family>-<os>-<arch>` cron still fires only its matching matrix row via `CI_PIPELINE_CRON`. Server-side cron entries unchanged.
- *Manual*: a #1165 dropdown variable (`process_cran_updates` / `weekly_audit_missing` / `weekly_rebuild_missing`) selects a single `<os>-<arch>` or `all`. weekly-rebuild defaults to `all`, matching its former bare `event: manual` trigger.
## Behavior deltas (intentional, flagged)
To fit one file per family the backend was unified:
- The amd64-only `node.kubernetes.io/instance-type: AX42` nodeSelector pin is **dropped**; placement now relies on the `artemis`/`gaia` agents.
- **process-updates arm64** jobs now share the same `backend_options` as amd64 (resource requests/limits + tolerations) — they previously had none, so they gain an 18Gi memory limit. Tell me if arm64 should stay uncapped.
## Validation required before merge
Relies on crow interpolating matrix variables inside `when.evaluate`, `labels.agent`, and `commands`. Interpolation in image/env/commands is standard crow; the novel bit is `when.evaluate`. The manual dropdown routing exercises the same interpolation as the cron routing, so on this branch:
1. Trigger manually with the dropdown = `redhat-9-amd64` -> confirm only that one job runs (image `build-env-redhat:9`, R 4.4.3, agent artemis).
2. Trigger with `all` -> confirm all os/arch jobs schedule.
Crons only fire on the default branch, so no collision while unmerged. Fallback if `${...}` doesn't interpolate in `when`: a runtime `case "$CI_PIPELINE_CRON" in ...` guard, same files otherwise.
Reviewed-on: #92
2026-06-16 09:33:06 +00:00
Renamed from .crow/weekly-rebuild-missing-alpine-322-arm64.yaml (Previous history)
