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Allow modifying existing default repositories

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Project
craft-archives
Number
#176
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Status: Triaged Type: Enhancement
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Current evaluation

Enhancement request (triaged, Jira CRAFT-4634) for a function like install_in_root that rewrites existing sources.list/ubuntu.sources to change default repo URLs, e.g. to old-releases.ubuntu.com for EOL releases. Appears implemented in craft-archives 2.2.0 via use_old_releases.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The requested capability now exists: craft-archives commit 2171509 (PR #192, released in 2.2.0 per docs/changelog.rst) added craft_archives.defaults.use_old_releases, which rewrites both etc/apt/sources.list and the deb822 ubuntu.sources file to point at old-releases.ubuntu.com for EOL suites — exactly the 'change the repository URL' behavior this issue asks for, including for overlay roots. No activity on the issue since the 2025-07-03 Jira sync, so it can be closed as implemented rather than left open.

Impact: 65 Quick Win: 32.5 Staleness: 55 Complexity: 50 Confidence: 72 Support Request: 5

Issue body

### What needs to get done We need something similar to `install_in_root` that can instead rewrite the existing `sources.list` or `ubuntu.sources` file to modify the default repositories. At minimum, it needs to be able to change the repository URL so we can change from, for example, `archive.ubuntu.com` to `old-releases.ubuntu.com`. We need to be able to do this for overlay roots etc., which is why this does not duplicate https://github.com/canonical/craft-providers/issues/771. This can then also be used for doing this to apps in destructive mode. ### Why it needs to get done In order to be able to change the sources for EOL Ubuntu releases.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 65
Quick Win: 32.5
Staleness: 55
Complexity: 50
Confidence: 72
Support Request: 5
close stale Enhancement request (triaged, Jira CRAFT-4634) for a function like install_in_root that rewrites existing sources.list/ubuntu.sources to change default repo URLs, e.g. to old-releases.ubuntu.com for EOL releases. Appears implemented in craft-archives 2.2.0 via use_old_releases.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 60
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
keep open Feature request to modify default repository sources in overlay and destructive modes for EOL Ubuntu support. Triaged but inactive for over a year with no maintainer progress or discussion.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 90
Complexity: 65
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 5
keep open Enhancement to modify default repository sources in overlay roots and destructive mode apps for EOL Ubuntu support. Currently triaged but inactive for over a year.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 75
Complexity: 40
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 5
keep open Enhancement to modify default package repository sources for EOL Ubuntu releases and overlay environments. Currently triaged with an internal Jira ticket created, but inactive for over a year.

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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: craft-archives#192 (confidence 78%)

    PR #192 'feat: add ability to set default releases to old-releases' added use_old_releases() in craft_archives/defaults.py, which parses and rewrites sources.list and ubuntu.sources URIs to old-releases.ubuntu.com — the core ask of this issue.

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