the error message when a plugin is not found is not good
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Current evaluation
Abandoned. Closed without resolution or comments. The misleading error message for missing snapcraft plugins was never fixed or addressed due to zero activity and no maintainer follow-up.
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When snapcraft doesn't find the plugin specified in the yaml it prints:
Issues while validating snapcraft.yaml: the plugin keyword is missing and wiki support for the feature is still in progress.
That message is bad. First, it doesn't mention which keyword is missing, so I don't have a good idea of how to fix my yaml file.
Second, it says the feature is in progress. That's probably a lie, and always wrong in the case I made a mistake in the plugin name.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. Closed without resolution or comments. The misleading error message for missing snapcraft plugins was never fixed or addressed due to zero activity and no maintainer follow-up. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments or resolution details. The requested error message improvement was likely abandoned. No fix or follow-up documented. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1561546 Snapcraft clean removes local plugins | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without a documented fix or resolution. The bug where snapcraft clean incorrectly removes local plugins remains unaddressed, likely abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. |