Simplify regular gh actions checks

Author: mitchelloharawild

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

@@ -4,39 +4,22 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main, master]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [main, master]
 
-name: R-CMD-check
+name: R-CMD-check.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   R-CMD-check:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
-
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        config:
-          - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'oldrel-1'}
-
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
           use-public-rspm: true
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
@@ -47,3 +30,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'