Support LXD backend on non-Linux hosts
Metadata
Current evaluation
Enhancement request to support LXD backend on non-Linux hosts via remote LXD connections. Untriaged, no maintainer response after 263 days.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: This is a well-structured enhancement request with clear motivation (lighter weight than multipass VM). The issue has no maintainer response, labels beyond 'Type: Enhancement', or assignee after 263 days. Current code in installer.py explicitly blocks non-Linux platforms with 'unsupported platform' errors, and pylxd.Client() defaults to local Unix socket connections. This would require architectural changes to support remote LXD authentication and connections.
Impact:
60
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
70
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
Issue body
### What needs to get done
Non-Linux hosts should support the LXD backend by connecting to a LXD remote. That remote could be a remote LXD instance or a local VM running LXD.
### Why it needs to get done
This would be much lighter weight than launching a multipass VM for each build.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
60
Quick Win:
18.0
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
70
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Enhancement request to support LXD backend on non-Linux hosts via remote LXD connections. Untriaged, no maintainer response after 263 days. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
50
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | Enhancement to enable LXD backend on non-Linux hosts by connecting to a remote LXD instance. Currently unassigned with no maintainer comments or progress in over three months. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
65
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Enhancement to allow LXD backend on non-Linux hosts by connecting to a remote LXD instance or VM, replacing heavier multipass VMs. Currently open with no maintainer comments or assignee. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
60
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
0
|
needs triage | Enhancement request to enable the LXD backend on non-Linux hosts via remote connections, replacing heavier multipass VMs. Currently untriaged with no maintainer comments after 65 days of inactivity. |
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