YAML loading either needs simplification or better testing
Metadata
Current evaluation
Maintainer self-filed task to simplify or add tests for the YAML loader's questioned except clause; no maintainer triage, labels, or follow-up since 2024-03.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue was filed by maintainer lengau referencing a PR #20 comment thread, asking whether the YAML loader's except clause is still needed with newer pyyaml and requesting a test if it is. No labels, assignee, or maintainer response exist beyond the Jira sync bot comment, and the last activity was 465 days ago. It is a valid internal cleanup/testing task that needs triage to determine whether the code has since changed.
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
55
Support Request:
0
Issue body
See [this comment thread](https://github.com/canonical/craft-application/pull/20/files/88c186c8a772c0ad8f5a8cfeb8fe84d352729111#diff-e1faa3a7dda894734ce22e2d235c8e3a1fd7e0ad2ae234fff07ed0fe131af6d3).
The modifications made to the YAML loader may be more than is needed with the latest pyyaml, but I'm not confident enough to say so. If the questioned `except` clause is needed, we should have a test for it that has it raise that error, as right now the loader fails with the same issue before it gets to the dict constructor.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
55
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Maintainer self-filed task to simplify or add tests for the YAML loader's questioned except clause; no maintainer triage, labels, or follow-up since 2024-03. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Issue discusses YAML loader modifications and testing needs. Created 1139 days ago, last activity 424 days ago. No maintainer response, unlabelled, requires triage to assess relevance and action. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Open issue regarding YAML loader modifications and missing test coverage for exception handling. Lacks maintainer labels, assignee, and has seen no activity in over a year. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | YAML loader modifications require verification against current pyyaml. The exception handling lacks a test, causing premature failures. Open and awaiting review to simplify the code or add proper test coverage. |
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