docs: add interim bases policy
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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.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #2484 was merged into main as commit 9772d74f, adding the interim bases policy documentation requested in issue #1821 (CHARMCRAFT-648). The section explains the nine-month interim support window, its use for compatibility testing ahead of the next LTS, and limitations such as the mandatory build-base key.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | 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. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in #2484 (9772d74f), adding the interim bases policy and implementing the #1821 documentation request (CHARMCRAFT-648). | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged documentation update adding an interim bases policy. Approved by two reviewers and resolves #1821 and CHARMCRAFT-648. CI passed with one non-blocking macOS test failure. Three files changed, 33 additions. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged documentation update adding an interim bases policy, resolving issue #1821 and CHARMCRAFT-648. Automated type-checking warnings were non-blocking. Maintainer lengau integrated the changes into the main branch. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/charmcraft#1821
(confidence 97%)
Tracking issue 'Document interim bases policy' (CHARMCRAFT-648), explicitly listed in the PR body as 'Fixes' and closed by this merge.
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Related To:
canonical/charmcraft#2483
(confidence 62%)
Nearby commit b742f96c (Charmcraft 4.1 release notes) links to the new 'explanation-bases-lts-and-interim-bases' anchor regarding the Ubuntu 25.10 interim base.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1821 Document interim bases policy | charmcraft | closed | Documented Charmcraft’s interim Ubuntu bases policy in merged PR #2484, commit 9772d74f. | |
| #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. | |
| #597 doc: add explanation and guide for "bases" | rockcraft | merged | Merged #597 as b8025970, adding Bases documentation and a rock-to-baseless/chiselled conversion guide, fixing devel references, and linking the init YAML template. |