Charmcraft terminology glossary
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Current evaluation
Maintainer request to add a Charmcraft glossary defining terms like Base, Platform, and Charm (vs. the packed .charm file). Still no glossary page in docs/; docs/reuse/links.txt carries a TODO about it.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue is unlabelled, unassigned, and has no human maintainer response — the sole comment is the sync bot reporting CRAFT-3951 — so it has not been assessed or prioritised. It is still valid: grep for "glossary" across the repo returns only a TODO in docs/reuse/links.txt ("Potentially use a glossary to create indirect references to explanations"), and no glossary page exists. Note that the docs have since been reorganised under Diátaxis, with bases explained in docs/explanation/bases.rst and platforms in docs/reference/platforms.rst, so a maintainer should decide whether a separate glossary is still warranted or whether the charm-vs-.charm-file distinction should simply be folded into existing pages.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
35
Quick Win:
10
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
78
Actionability:
45
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needs triage | Maintainer request to add a Charmcraft glossary defining terms like Base, Platform, and Charm (vs. the packed .charm file). Still no glossary page in docs/; docs/reuse/links.txt carries a TODO about it. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
19
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
80
|
keep open | Request to create a Charmcraft terminology glossary defining terms like Base, Platform, and Charm. Open for 608 days with no labels, assignee, or maintainer action beyond a Jira bot comment. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
18
Staleness:
65
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Documentation task to create a Charmcraft terminology glossary (Base, Platform, Charm vs .charm file). Filed by a maintainer 591 days ago, no labels, no assignee, no maintainer response beyond a Jira sync bot. No glossary exists in the docs tree. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Request to create a Charmcraft terminology glossary to standardize terms like Base, Platform, and Charm. Currently unlabelled, inactive for 340 days, and awaiting triage. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
0
|
close stale | Request to create a Charmcraft terminology glossary to clarify terms like Base, Platform, and Charm. Open for over 18 months with no maintainer response or labels, remaining untriaged and inactive. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Request to create a Charmcraft terminology glossary to standardize definitions for terms like Base, Platform, and Charm. Currently unlabelled and inactive for over a year. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/charmcraft#2080
(confidence 88%)
Merged PR (commit 142fa827) cited in the issue body as the source of the terminology disagreement; added the platforms/base/architecture reference and how-to docs that now cover much of this terminology.
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