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API package creation from the stage

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Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1638508
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~bzoltan
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Current evaluation

2016 feature proposal to add a snapcraft 'development' plugin that tars up the stage with filtered content, creating an API/developer package (headers/libs) for runtime snaps like ubuntu-qt-runtime. No labels, comments, or activity for about 10 years.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 3589 days old with 0 comments, no labels, and no maintainer engagement, and its motivating context is obsolete: it targets the 2016-era ubuntu-qt-runtime/content-interface workflow and proposes a plugin design that predates the modern snapcraft parts architecture, with no such 'development' plugin ever implemented. Inactivity alone isn't the basis — the specific proposal and its example project no longer map to the current project.

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 13.75 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 45 Confidence: 70 Support Request: 10

Issue body

When platform plugs are developed the final snap package (what provides the content interface) need to have an API counterpart. For example when we create the ubuntu-qt-runtime (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-qt-runtime) we need to create a package what contains the developer libraries and header files for the runtime snap. I propose a new snapcraft plugin (development) what can tar.gz up the stage space with a given name and filtered content.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 25
Quick Win: 13.75
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 45
Confidence: 70
Support Request: 10
close stale 2016 feature proposal to add a snapcraft 'development' plugin that tars up the stage with filtered content, creating an API/developer package (headers/libs) for runtime snaps like ubuntu-qt-runtime. No labels, comments, or activity for about 10 years.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Proposal to add a snapcraft plugin for packaging stage space with developer headers and libraries. Unaddressed for nearly a decade with zero maintainer interaction.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 15
close stale Proposal for a new snapcraft plugin to archive staged content for API packages. Unlabelled, zero comments, inactive for over 9 years with no maintainer response.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 100
Complexity: 40
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Proposal for a new snapcraft plugin to package staged content as an API counterpart for runtime snaps. Unlabeled, unresponded to, and inactive for nearly a decade.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 100
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 95
Support Request: 0
close stale Proposes a new snapcraft plugin to package stage space contents as an API package for platform plugs. Inactive for over nine years with zero comments and no labels. Requires triage to assess relevance or close.

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