feat: allow the plus sign in partition names
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Current evaluation
Merged. Enables the plus sign in partition names to support valid .deb package naming in Debcraft. Approved by two reviewers, passed all CI checks, and resolves CRAFT-5183.
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Issue body
The plus sign is a valid character in .deb package names and Debcraft
uses partitions to prime package contents.
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CRAFT-5183
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged. Enables the plus sign in partition names to support valid .deb package naming in Debcraft. Approved by two reviewers, passed all CI checks, and resolves CRAFT-5183. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to allow the plus sign in partition names, supporting .deb package naming conventions and Debcraft partition priming. Resolves CRAFT-5183. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1593 Allow the + character in partition names | craft-parts | closed | Partition name validation was updated to permit the plus character, enabling Debian package compatibility. The change was merged and fixed in pull request #1612. | |
| #1594 fix(partitions): allow plus signs in partition names | craft-parts | closed | Approved changes allowing plus signs in partition names were closed and consolidated into pull request #1612 rather than merged directly. | |
| #800 feat: allow hyphens in partition names | craft-parts | merged | Merged to allow hyphens in partition names. Approved by two reviewers, the change updates five files with 85 additions and 51 deletions, resolving CRAFT-3031. | |
| #1002 feat: Allow slashes in partition names | craft-parts | merged | Merged to allow slashes in partition names, resolving issue #999. Approved by two reviewers with a +146/-85 line diff across eight files. Changelog entry added for the automated release pipeline. | |
| #1693 feat: use '@' for separating deb names and versions | craft-parts | merged | Merged. Expands parsing to accept @ as a valid separator for deb package names and versions in build-packages and stage-packages, alongside =. Approved by two reviewers and merged after CI validation. |