Make chisel a build snap
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Superseded by PR #758. The change to make chisel a build snap instead of embedding it in rockcraft was closed without merging after delays for chisel's stable release and project ownership transfer.
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Chisel isn't wanted to be embedded in rockcraft snap, so it is set to be a build-snap instead.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Superseded by PR #758. The change to make chisel a build snap instead of embedding it in rockcraft was closed without merging after delays for chisel's stable release and project ownership transfer. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Superseded by PR #758. The proposal to make chisel a build snap was delayed awaiting chisel's stable release and ownership transfer, then replaced by a newer pull request. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Superseded by PR #758. The change to make chisel a build snap instead of embedding it in rockcraft was abandoned after waiting for chisel v1.0.0's stable release and ownership transfer to Canonical. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
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| #17 build: drop chisel from rockcraft.yaml | snapcraft-rocks | merged | Merged after removing chisel from rockcraft.yaml to align the Snapcraft rock with standard Snapcraft capabilities, as Snapcraft 7 lacks support. Approved by two reviewers, passed CI, and modified three files. A v8-specific test suite will later restore the Chisel spread test. | |
| #746 Use chisel from snapcraft in CI instead of clone and building | craft-parts | closed | Closed without implementation or discussion. The proposal to install chisel via snapcraft in CI was abandoned, leaving the existing clone-and-build workflow unchanged. | |
| #758 remove chisel part from Rockcraft's snap | rockcraft | open | Removes the chisel part from Rockcraft's snap definition (13 files, +50/-17). Depends on craft-parts#904 (now merged). PR is 649 days old with no reviews, comments, or CI; chisel part still present in current snap/snapcraft.yaml. | |
| #904 feat: add chisel as a build snap when stage-packages contain slices | craft-parts | merged | Merged. Conditionally installs chisel as a build snap only when stage-packages contain slices and no part already declares it, preventing unnecessary installation in the Rockcraft snap. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI. |