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Provide a way to mimic a build host when expanding an environment

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1018
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Status: Triaged Type: Enhancement
Created
Updated
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Current evaluation

Enhancement request to let expand_environment mimic a specific build architecture, useful for verifying expanded environment values. Triaged by a maintainer, open and unimplemented; last activity was a bot Jira-ticket comment ~12 months ago.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The issue is explicitly triaged (labels 'Status: Triaged', 'Type: Enhancement') and filed by a maintainer, and I verified at current HEAD that expand_environment in craft_parts/executor/environment.py still lacks any architecture-mimic option, so the request remains applicable. Inactivity is only ~12 months and consists solely of a Jira-sync bot comment, which is not grounds to close a valid, still-relevant enhancement.

Impact: 35 Quick Win: 21.0 Staleness: 60 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 80 Support Request: 0

Issue body

### What needs to get done `expand_environment` should provide a way to mimic a specific architecture when expanding that environment. ### Why it needs to get done Useful for checking that the expanded environment is what's expected under different circumstances.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 35
Quick Win: 21.0
Staleness: 60
Complexity: 40
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 0
keep open Enhancement request to let expand_environment mimic a specific build architecture, useful for verifying expanded environment values. Triaged by a maintainer, open and unimplemented; last activity was a bot Jira-ticket comment ~12 months ago.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 70
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 0
keep open Enhancement request to allow expand_environment to mimic a specific build architecture for testing purposes. Currently triaged and awaiting implementation.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 60
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 0
keep open Enhancement to allow expand_environment to mimic a specific build architecture for testing. Triaged by a maintainer, currently inactive with no implementation progress.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 70
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 65
Support Request: 5
keep open Enable architecture mimicry in expand_environment for environment validation. Triaged as an enhancement. Internal Jira ticket created. Pending development.

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