With module load rpy2/3.2.6-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4:

$ python
Python 3.7.4 (default, Nov 20 2019, 14:37:06)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from rpy2 import robjects as r
>>> _R_DF = r.DataFrame(())
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/rds/bear-apps/2019b/EL7-haswell/software/rpy2/3.2.6-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rpy2/robjects/vectors.py", line 1204, in __init__
    kv = [(str(k), conversion.py2rpy(v)) for k, v in obj.items()]
AttributeError: 'tuple' object has no attribute 'items'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/rds/bear-apps/2019b/EL7-haswell/software/rpy2/3.2.6-foss-2019b-Python-3.7.4/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rpy2/robjects/vectors.py", line 1207, in __init__
    'obj can only be'
ValueError: obj can only bean instance of rpy2.rinterface.ListSexpVector, an instance of TaggedList, or an objects with a methods items() that returns (key, value) pairs (such a Python dict, rpy2.rlike.container OrdDict).
>>> _R_DF = r.DataFrame({})

Test report by @branfosj
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
bear-pg0211u03a.bear.cluster - Linux centos linux 7.8.2003, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz (cascadelake), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/eaff0972316e4fd4adfa66a9fa40cfea for a full test report.

Test report by @branfosj
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
bear-pg0211u38b.bear.cluster - Linux centos linux 8.2.2004, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50GHz (cascadelake), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/1d0558772c5ed68b015f96d10aef7237 for a full test report.

Test report by @smoors
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 2 out of 2 (1 easyconfigs in total)
node376.hydra.os - Linux centos linux 7.9.2009, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.40GHz (skylake_avx512), Python 2.7.5
See https://gist.github.com/4ca15b54868d62f41efe9c64fd7e4ec0 for a full test report.

@boegelbot please test @ generoso

@smoors: Request for testing this PR well received on generoso

PR test command 'EB_PR=11892 EB_ARGS= /apps/slurm/default/bin/sbatch --job-name test_PR_11892 --ntasks=4 ~/boegelbot/eb_from_pr_upload_generoso.sh' executed!

• exit code: 0
• output:

Submitted batch job 12310

Test results coming soon (I hope)...

Test report by @boegelbot
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 1 out of 1 (1 easyconfigs in total)
generoso-c1-s-1 - Linux centos linux 8.2.2004, x86_64, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2667 v3 @ 3.20GHz (haswell), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/117f5452a95560bea74bee7fe0d72cba for a full test report.

@branfosj Don't hesitate to tag bug fix PRs for the "next release" milestone, so we don't overlook them for the next EasyBuild release...

Going in, thanks @branfosj!

Test report by @boegel
SUCCESS
Build succeeded for 3 out of 3 (1 easyconfigs in total)
node3575.doduo.os - Linux RHEL 8.2, x86_64, AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core Processor (zen2), Python 3.6.8
See https://gist.github.com/7eab3bba0518943986d0feffa1ba79fd for a full test report.