After the release of devtools 2.5.0, build_readme() has become very slow for packages with moderate dependency trees.
build_readme() installs the package in a temporary directory
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withr::local_temp_libpaths(.local_envir = env) |
Because of this,
pak::local_install_deps() installs the entire dependency tree in temp, even if all dependencies are already installed in the user's normal libraries. This is intended pak behavior, see
https://github.com/r-lib/pak/blob/63d646be4d2d59c29ea02cd99a68fb5b2c4164fd/R/package.R#L15-L17
(and is different from how remotes does it).
For packages with heavier dependency trees, this can add several minutes to build_readme(). E.g. for a package I maintain, on my machine it takes ~7 minutes to complete the pak::local_install_deps() call (~90 seconds if using Posit Package Manager binaries).
While this is happening, no useful progress information is printed, even with quiet = FALSE. The user sees no indication that a large dependency installation is occurring.