[CI] Skip MSVC when building R package (#9995)

* [CI] Skip MSVC when building R package

* [CI] Stop building binary tarball for Windows

* Remove unused script

.github/workflows/r_tests.yml

@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         config:
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release', compiler: 'mingw', build: 'autotools'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.3.0', compiler: 'msvc', build: 'cmake'}
     env:
       R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true
       RSPM: ${{ matrix.config.rspm }}

dev/release-artifacts.py

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Following steps should be done manually:
 def download_r_packages(
     release: str, branch: str, rc: str, commit: str, outdir: str
 ) -> Tuple[Dict[str, str], List[str]]:
-    platforms = ["win64", "linux"]
+    platforms = ["linux"]
     dirname = os.path.join(outdir, "r-packages")
     if not os.path.exists(dirname):
         os.mkdir(dirname)

tests/buildkite/build-rpkg-win64-gpu.ps1

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-
-. tests/buildkite/conftest.ps1
-
-Write-Host "--- Build XGBoost R package with CUDA"
-
-nvcc --version
-$arch_flag = "-DGPU_COMPUTE_VER=75"
-
-bash tests/ci_build/build_r_pkg_with_cuda_win64.sh $Env:BUILDKITE_COMMIT
-if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Last command failed" }
-
-if ( $is_release_branch -eq 1 ) {
-  Write-Host "--- Upload R tarball"
-  Get-ChildItem . -Filter xgboost_r_gpu_win64_*.tar.gz |
-  Foreach-Object {
-    & aws s3 cp $_ s3://xgboost-nightly-builds/$Env:BUILDKITE_BRANCH/ `
-    --acl public-read --no-progress
-    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "Last command failed" }
-  }
-}

tests/buildkite/pipeline-win64.yml

@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ steps:
     key: build-win64-gpu
     agents:
       queue: windows-cpu
-  - label: ":windows: Build XGBoost R package for Windows with CUDA"
-    command: "tests/buildkite/build-rpkg-win64-gpu.ps1"
-    key: build-rpkg-win64-gpu
-    agents:
-      queue: windows-cpu
 
   - wait
 

tests/ci_build/build_r_pkg_with_cuda_win64.sh

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-set -x
-
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]
-then
-  echo "Build the R package tarball with CUDA code. Usage: $0 [commit hash]"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-commit_hash="$1"
-# Clear all positional args
-set --
-
-source activate
-python tests/ci_build/test_r_package.py --task=pack
-mv xgboost/ xgboost_rpack/
-
-mkdir build
-cd build
-cmake .. -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DUSE_CUDA=ON -DR_LIB=ON -DLIBR_HOME="c:\\Program Files\\R\\R-4.3.2" -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="C:\\rtools43\\x86_64-w64-mingw32.static.posix\\bin"
-cmake --build . --config Release --parallel
-cd ..
-
-# This super wacky hack is found in cmake/RPackageInstall.cmake.in and
-# cmake/RPackageInstallTargetSetup.cmake. This hack lets us bypass the normal build process of R
-# and have R use xgboost.dll that we've already built.
-rm -v xgboost_rpack/configure
-rm -rfv xgboost_rpack/src
-mkdir -p xgboost_rpack/src
-cp -v lib/xgboost.dll xgboost_rpack/src/
-echo 'all:' > xgboost_rpack/src/Makefile
-echo 'all:' > xgboost_rpack/src/Makefile.win
-mv xgboost_rpack/ xgboost/
-/c/Rtools43/usr/bin/tar -cvf xgboost_r_gpu_win64_${commit_hash}.tar xgboost/
-/c/Rtools43/usr/bin/gzip -9c xgboost_r_gpu_win64_${commit_hash}.tar > xgboost_r_gpu_win64_${commit_hash}.tar.gz