Document interim bases policy
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Current evaluation
Documented Charmcraft’s interim Ubuntu bases policy in merged PR #2484, commit 9772d74f.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #2484 added the interim-bases policy to docs/explanation/bases.rst and was merged as commit 9772d74f. The policy documents the nine-month support window, compatibility-testing purpose, repacking variability, and mandatory build-base key.
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Issue body
### What needs to get done
Document our policy on support for interim Ubuntu bases.
### Why it needs to get done
Currently there's no written policy about how we support interim bases, which could lead to confusion.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Documented Charmcraft’s interim Ubuntu bases policy in merged PR #2484, commit 9772d74f. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Documented Charmcraft’s interim Ubuntu bases support policy in merged PR #2484 (commit 9772d74f), completing CHARMCRAFT-648. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and superseded by internal Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-648. The documentation request for the interim Ubuntu bases policy was moved to the internal tracker to align with Rockcraft's approach. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a linked pull request. The documentation request for the interim Ubuntu bases policy appears completed internally or abandoned, with no public resolution noted. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and superseded by Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-648. The documentation request for the interim Ubuntu bases policy was moved to Jira for tracking, with plans to align the policy with Rockcraft. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without a repository fix. The documentation request was deferred to external Jira ticket CHARMCRAFT-648. Maintainers noted alignment with Rockcraft's policy, but no implementation or PR was merged. |
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/charmcraft#2484
(confidence 99%)
Merged documentation change recorded as commit 9772d74f.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2484 docs: add interim bases policy | charmcraft | merged | Merged as commit 9772d74f: adds an "LTS and interim bases" section to docs/explanation/bases.rst, closing the #1821 docs request (CHARMCRAFT-648) on interim Ubuntu bases policy. | |
| #971 docs: cover interim bases | rockcraft | merged | Merged as d89b2fff, adding documentation explaining Ubuntu interim bases and how to configure them, following interim-base support introduced in #946. |