Use alternate lxd profiles
Metadata
Current evaluation
Enhancement request to add CRAFT_PROVIDERS_LXD_PROFILE env var for alternate LXD profiles. Open 3.5 years with one maintainer comment, no implementation.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has been open for 1298 days with only one maintainer comment (@mr-cal) offering implementation thoughts but no clear direction, prioritization, or assignment. While it has a label and some engagement, it lacks the maintainer buy-in or active work needed to keep_open, and there's no evidence the feature is irrelevant to close_stale. It needs proper triage to determine if this enhancement is still desired.
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
30.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
Issue body
I have multiple lxd pools and I'd like to have some mechanism in craft-providers that allows me to use alternate lxd profiles during development so I can use different pools with different configurations. An environment variable such as `CRAFT_PROVIDERS_LXD_PROFILE` specifying the profile to use would solve my problem.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
50
Quick Win:
30.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Enhancement request to add CRAFT_PROVIDERS_LXD_PROFILE env var for alternate LXD profiles. Open 3.5 years with one maintainer comment, no implementation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
70
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Request to add an environment variable for specifying alternate LXD profiles in craft-providers. Maintainer discussed implementation scope and naming, but no progress has been made in over three years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
0
|
keep open | Request to add an environment variable for specifying alternate LXD profiles in craft-providers. Maintainer discussed implementation details and alternative approaches, but no decision or implementation has been made. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
70
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Feature request to add environment variable support for alternate LXD profiles in craft-providers. Maintainers discussed implementation details like variable naming and scope, but no decision or implementation has been made. |
Update history
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #684 Create a generic craft LXD profile | craft-providers | open | Enhancement to create a generic craft LXD profile to protect managed containers from user-specific profile modifications affecting build reproducibility. Open 694 days with no maintainer response. | |
| #590 Improve the LXD init experience | rockcraft | open | LXD init check for rockcraft pack is implemented in craft-providers. Maintainer kept issue open for two follow-ups: handling broken LXD profiles from older versions (PR #588 closed unmerged) and multi-profile selection. Inactive ~12.5 months. |