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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
Created
Updated
Closed
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Current evaluation

Request to rewrite Ubuntu default repositories is implemented: PR #192 added defaults.use_old_releases to redirect EOL release sources to old-releases.ubuntu.com.

Suggested action: close resolved

Reason: Merged PR #192, commit 2171509, added defaults.use_old_releases to switch matching Ubuntu APT sources to old-releases.ubuntu.com. This directly implements the requested repository rewriting, including support for installation under an arbitrary root.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 58 Quick Win: 28 Complexity: 48 Confidence: 98 Actionability: 94

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
stealth/space-bunny-alpha
Impact: 58
Quick Win: 28
Complexity: 48
Confidence: 98
Actionability: 94
close resolved Request to rewrite Ubuntu default repositories is implemented: PR #192 added defaults.use_old_releases to redirect EOL release sources to old-releases.ubuntu.com.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Impact: 70
Quick Win: 34
Complexity: 40
Confidence: 80
Actionability: 80
keep open Enhancement request to add ability to modify existing default repository URLs (e.g., archive.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com) for EOL Ubuntu releases. Triaged but unimplemented.
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 65
Quick Win: 32
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.

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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: canonical/craft-archives#192 (confidence 99%)

    Merged commit 2171509 added defaults.use_old_releases for redirecting EOL Ubuntu sources.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#187 feat: add the ability to modify the system's default repositories craft-archives closed Closed unmerged as superseded by #192, which added defaults.use_old_releases() to redirect Ubuntu sources to old-releases.ubuntu.com; shipped in 2.2.0.
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