Remove base support

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Project: craft-parts
Number: #730
Type: issue
State: open
Author: lengau
Labels: —
Created: 2024-05-15 02:45 PM UTC
Updated: 2025-03-11 02:29 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Maintainer-filed cleanup: remove the deprecated 'base' parameter (LifecycleManager.__init__ line 110) and all its references, still present in main.py --base, ProjectInfo, StepInfo and packages/deb.py.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: Filed by maintainer lengau with an exact code reference (lifecycle_manager.py#L60 in the linked commit) and an internal Jira ticket was created (CRAFT-2915). The deprecated 'base' parameter remains fully present in HEAD: LifecycleManager.__init__ (base: str = "" at line 110), ProjectInfo (infos.py:433), the --base CLI flag (main.py:287), StepInfo.base passed to fetch_stage_packages (part_handler.py:1337), and get_packages_in_base/_IGNORE_FILTERS in packages/deb.py. It is a valid, clearly-scoped removal that has not been implemented, so it should stay open.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 30 Quick Win: 16 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 88 Actionability: 82

Issue body

### What needs to get done Remove: https://github.com/canonical/craft-parts/blob/14d8f7a4ea0fe3502deaa97f699212e61c15e4b4/craft_parts/lifecycle_manager.py#L60 ### Why it needs to get done .

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 06:23 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 16 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 88 Actionability: 82	keep open	Maintainer-filed cleanup: remove the deprecated 'base' parameter (LifecycleManager.__init__ line 110) and all its references, still present in main.py --base, ProjectInfo, StepInfo and packages/deb.py.
2026-09-22 08:53 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 11 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 60	needs triage	Remove the deprecated `base` parameter from LifecycleManager.__init__ and update all references.
2026-09-01 06:21 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 25 Quick Win: 12 Staleness: 72 Complexity: 50 Confidence: 82 Support Request: 0	needs triage	Task to remove the deprecated 'base' parameter from LifecycleManager and related base support. The parameter still exists in current code (lifecycle_manager.py, infos.py, main.py), so the work is unaddressed; no labels or maintainer activity beyond an auto Jira-sync comment.
2026-07-22 01:24 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 92 Complexity: 35 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	needs triage	Requests removal of base support code from lifecycle_manager.py. Open for over two years with no maintainer assessment, labels, or substantive discussion beyond an automated Jira sync.
2026-07-09 10:46 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 75 Support Request: 5	close stale	Task to remove base support from lifecycle_manager.py line 60. Open for over two years with no maintainer discussion or labels, only an automated Jira sync comment.

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