Update CI with more specific versioning and installation methods

.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml

@@ -18,11 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macOS-13,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-2022, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
+          - {os: macOS-13,   r: '4.2.1'}
+          - {os: windows-2022, r: '4.2.1'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.3.3'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: '4.2.1'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -46,19 +45,14 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
-      - name: Install working version for macOS
-        if: steps.install-deps.outcome == 'failure' && runner.os == 'macOS'
+      - name: Install working archive version for macOS and Windows
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows' || runner.os == 'macOS'
         shell: Rscript {0}
         run: |
           reticulate::install_miniconda()
-          install.packages("https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapser/archive/refs/tags/1.3.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL)
-
-      - name: Install working version for Windows
-        if: steps.install-deps.outcome == 'failure' && runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          reticulate::install_miniconda()
-          install.packages("https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapser/archive/refs/tags/1.3.0.zip", repos=NULL)
+          reticulate::install_python("3.9.12")
+          reticulate::py_install("synapseclient==3.1.1", pip = TRUE)
+          install.packages("https://github.com/Sage-Bionetworks/synapser/archive/refs/tags/1.3.0.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with: