setup.py based projects from remote sources broken
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Remote setup.py projects failing during snapcraft builds were closed without resolution. Zero comments and no linked fixes indicate the report was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity.
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Issue body
When snapcrafting a setup.py based project it fails because it can't find setup.py nor run the named temporary file afterwards.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Remote setup.py projects failing during snapcraft builds were closed without resolution. Zero comments and no linked fixes indicate the report was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a documented fix. Snapcrafting setup.py projects from remote sources failed due to missing setup.py files and temporary file execution errors. No resolution was provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution due to inactivity. The reported failure when snapcrafting setup.py projects from remote sources remains unfixed. |
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