Implicitly add build-essential to build-packages
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Current evaluation
Closed as completed. Modern Snapcraft buildd images now include build-essential by default, making it implicitly available for all builds without requiring manual configuration.
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Issue body
It'd be great if snapcraft mimicked the process of Debian/Ubuntu packaging and automatically added build-essential to packages. Especially in the case of 'snapcraft cleanbuild' it's nice not having to add obvious stuff like make or g++.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as completed. Modern Snapcraft buildd images now include build-essential by default, making it implicitly available for all builds without requiring manual configuration. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Feature request to automatically include build-essential in snapcraft build-packages. Issue is over 10 years old with no activity or maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Suggests auto-adding build-essential to snapcraft build-packages. Unlabelled, zero comments, and inactive for over 10 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
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close stale | Feature request to automatically include build-essential in snapcraft's build-packages for cleanbuild. Open for ~10 years with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Automatically add build-essential to snapcraft build-packages to match Debian/Ubuntu packaging and streamline cleanbuild workflows. Currently open, untriaged, and inactive with no comments or assignees. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1544137 consider adding build-essential to the depends of snapcraft package (fails to build simple C program in fresh classic) | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or discussion. The proposal to add build-essential to snapcraft's Ubuntu package dependencies was abandoned, leaving C compilation on fresh classic systems unsupported. |