doc: add explanation and guide for "bases"
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Merged #597 as b8025970, adding Bases documentation and a rock-to-baseless/chiselled conversion guide, fixing devel references, and linking the init YAML template.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #597 was approved and merged as commit b8025970. It added the requested Bases explanation and conversion guide, corrected devel references, and linked the rockcraft init YAML template.
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This PR adds a new explanation page for "Bases", which then refers to another new How-to guide on how to use `base` to go from a rock to a baseless and then chiselled rock.
This PR also fixes the `devel` reference in the reference docs and add doc links to the `rockcraft init` YAML template
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #597 as b8025970, adding Bases documentation and a rock-to-baseless/chiselled conversion guide, fixing devel references, and linking the init YAML template. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged in #597 (b8025970): added Bases documentation and a rock-conversion guide, fixed devel references, and linked rockcraft init’s YAML template. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after three approvals. Added documentation explaining bases and a rock conversion how-to guide. Fixed a devel reference in reference docs and added documentation links to the rockcraft init YAML template. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged documentation update adding an explanation page and how-to guide for using bases to convert rocks. Fixed a devel reference in reference docs and added documentation links to the rockcraft init YAML template. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4900 docs: add explanation, reference, and how to for bases | snapcraft | merged | PR merged as commit 91fa63c47, adding explanation, reference and how-to docs pages for bases/build-bases (+369 lines, 8 files) to support documenting kernel snap builds (CRAFT-3083). | |
| #998 docs: add 'specify a base' how-to | rockcraft | merged | Merged PR #998 added and indexed the “Specify a base” how-to, revised headings for purpose-driven navigation, and documented the guide in the Rockcraft 1.15 release notes. | |
| #2484 docs: add interim bases policy | charmcraft | merged | Merged as commit 9772d74f: adds an "LTS and interim bases" section to docs/explanation/bases.rst, closing the #1821 docs request (CHARMCRAFT-648) on interim Ubuntu bases policy. | |
| #2080 docs: add platforms reference and how-to | charmcraft | merged | Merged in canonical/charmcraft#2080 (142fa827), adding platforms reference/how-to docs for bases, architectures and multi-base support; fixes #2009. |