Add yaml formatting feature in charmcraft status
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Current evaluation
The request to add YAML formatting to charmcraft status was abandoned. The maintainer clarified the format flag is for machine consumption, not human readability. The author agreed and closed the issue.
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Issue body
Currently only 'json' format is supported for `charmcraft status <charm_name> --format json`. The format option can be extended to yaml with simple code change as this will give the user the option to output the status in YAML format which is considered more readable format.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | The request to add YAML formatting to charmcraft status was abandoned. The maintainer clarified the format flag is for machine consumption, not human readability. The author agreed and closed the issue. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Rejected and closed by the author after maintainer feedback indicated the format flag is intended for machine consumption, making YAML readability unnecessary. The contributor agreed and withdrew the proposal. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | The YAML format proposal was rejected. A maintainer clarified the flag targets machine consumption, not human readability. The author agreed and closed the issue without implementation. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Adding YAML formatting to charmcraft status was rejected. The maintainer clarified the format flag targets machine consumption, not human readability. The author agreed and closed the issue without implementation. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #913 Add `charmcraft fmt` command | charmcraft | open | Feature request for a charmcraft format command to apply opinionated YAML formatting to metadata.yaml, actions.yaml, config.yaml, and charmcraft.yaml. Triaged by maintainer who created a forum post for consensus; no implementation yet after over a year of inactivity. | |
| #933 Update the charmcraft status --format | charmcraft | merged | Merged after the author removed YAML formatting support per reviewer feedback, keeping only the help text update for the --format option. The PR was approved and merged following the requested changes. | |
| #794 Clarify `charmcraft status --help` text for `--format` | charmcraft | closed | Closed without a linked fix or PR, likely abandoned. The misleading help text for charmcraft status --format remains unupdated. | |
| #722 Feature request: charmcraft revisions json / yaml output | charmcraft | closed | Closed and superseded by issue #183, which tracks broader programmatic output support for charmcraft commands including JSON and YAML formatting. |