Use `snapcraft pack` for snapcraft >=8
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Current evaluation
Closed without a documented implementation; only an automated CRAFT-5028 ticket comment was posted, and no resolving PR or commit was identified.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: The issue was closed without a documented code change or maintainer explanation; its only comment is an automated internal-ticket notice for CRAFT-5028. Repository search found no resolving PR or commit implementing version-dependent Snapcraft invocation.
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Issue body
Snapcraft 8 deprecated calling `snapcraft` in favor of `snapcraft pack`. Snapcraft 9 will raise an error when calling just `snapcraft`.
Older versions of snapcraft don't support `snapcraft pack`, so we need to:
- run `snapcraft --version`
- call `snapcraft` for versions < 8 and `snapcraft pack` for everything else
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed without a documented implementation; only an automated CRAFT-5028 ticket comment was posted, and no resolving PR or commit was identified. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed without a documented implementation; the only comment links internal ticket CRAFT-5028, with no resolving PR, commit, or release identified. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed unimplemented after 202 days of inactivity; no resolving PR or commit was linked, and the only comment was a bot notice for internal ticket CRAFT-5028. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a fix or merge. The enhancement to conditionally use snapcraft pack for version 8 and above remains unimplemented and was likely abandoned after Jira synchronization. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The enhancement proposed adding a version check to execute snapcraft pack for snapcraft 8+ while falling back to snapcraft for older versions. No merge or fix was applied. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. The enhancement was abandoned and tracked externally via Jira ticket CRAFT-5028. No code changes or merges were applied. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1797232 suppress `snap pack` for non app types | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Linked to snapcore/snapcraft#2340 to restrict snap pack to app snaps, but the PR was closed unmerged after 2,906 days without a replacement. | |
| #1448 snapcraft build using manifest.yaml | snapcraft | closed | Closed silently with no body, discussion, resolving PR, or commit; no repository history links canonical/snapcraft#1448 to a documented implementation. | |
| #4870 snapcraft pack error obtuse on snapd errors | snapcraft | closed | Closed as a duplicate of #4548, which was tracked by #4499; hidden snapd pack diagnostics were fixed by merged PR #5188 (a9fc44093). |