[ARROW-11224] [R] don't test metadata serialization on old R versions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27128
• Assignee: Jonathan Keane
• Reporter: Jonathan Keane
• Created: 12/Jan/21 17:16
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:18
• Resolved: 12/Jan/21 19:19

Description

As of R 3.5, the serialization format has changed. Skip the metadata backwards compatibility tests on R versions <3.5

https://github.com/ursa-labs/crossbow/runs/1686312890

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9179