docs: add common remote build pages
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Merged after being held in draft pending a hotfix. Added how-to and reference documentation for common remote builds. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks.
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Add the common remote build how-to and reference pages.
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after being held in draft pending a hotfix. Added how-to and reference documentation for common remote builds. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
45
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
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keep open | Adds documentation pages for common remote build workflows. Currently in draft state, awaiting a dependent hotfix merge before review. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #746 docs: add remote build how-to and reference docs | craft-application | merged | Merged documentation update adding remote build how-to and reference guides alongside a new common docs module. Approved by three reviewers and passed CI checks despite one failing snap-test. Modified 11 files with 411 additions and 6 deletions. | |
| #778 docs: reference docs for remote builds | rockcraft | merged | Merged documentation update adding reference guides for remote builds, complementing autogenerated command docs and resolving issue #597. Approved with minor template discussion. Changes add 51 lines across two files. | |
| #800 docs: add remote-build how-to | rockcraft | merged | Merged documentation update adding a remote-build how-to guide. Approved by three reviewers, the change adds 152 lines across three files detailing remote build procedures. | |
| #4882 docs: add explanation for remote build | snapcraft | merged | Merged documentation update detailing current and legacy remote builder behaviors. Approved by reviewers and passed CI. Resolves issue #4842 by establishing comprehensive guidance prior to future behavioral changes. | |
| #802 docs: add remote build how-to to 1.8.0 release notes | rockcraft | merged | Merged documentation update adding a remote build how-to guide to the 1.8.0 release notes. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI checks, and modified one file with 13 additions and 4 deletions. | |
| #1118 docs: link corresponding reference to building remotely how-to | rockcraft | merged | Merged a documentation update linking the remote builds how-to guide to its reference page. Approved by two reviewers, the change addresses user feedback. A failing snap-test was dismissed as unrelated by a maintainer prior to merge. | |
| #1003 docs: Add reference documentation for the RemoteBuildService | craft-application | open | Adds 121 lines of reference documentation for RemoteBuildService across 2 files. CI passing, no reviews or comments. Author is a maintainer. Service still exists in codebase; target docs file not yet in main. | |
| #2642 remote-build: detect early build errors | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Improved remote build error detection to distinguish between pending builders and actual failures like missing config or timeouts. Approved by reviewer, passed CI, and modified 3 files (+131/-47 lines). Minor import fix applied. | |
| #4432 fix(remote-build): improve logging and catch exceptions | snapcraft | merged | Merged pull request improving remote build logging and exception handling. Approved by reviewers, passed CI checks, and resolves issue #4399. | |
| #1546 feat: remote build command | charmcraft | merged | Merged the remote build command feature. Approved by two reviewers and passing CI, the PR rebases prior work and adds remote build functionality. Follow-up issues were created to resolve related build-id recovery and dependency bugs. |