'prepare' and 'install' stanza are missing documentation
Metadata
Current evaluation
Missing docs for 'prepare:' and 'install:' part stanzas in snapcraft. Open since 2016 with zero interaction; these stanzas belonged to the old snapcraft 1.x parts system, completely rewritten in 2.x.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The 'prepare:' and 'install:' stanzas referenced in this 2016 issue were part of the snapcraft 1.x parts system, which was completely rewritten in snapcraft 2.x (current codebase uses the canonical parts library with pull/overlay/build/stage/prime steps). The affected version is no longer supported, and the issue has had zero maintainer interaction for ~9.5 years.
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
9.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
20
Issue body
In snapcraft docs (not just snapcraft.io, also in docs sbufolder of master git repo) there's no documentation about the 'install:' or 'prepare:'options
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
9.0
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
65
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Missing docs for 'prepare:' and 'install:' part stanzas in snapcraft. Open since 2016 with zero interaction; these stanzas belonged to the old snapcraft 1.x parts system, completely rewritten in 2.x. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Missing documentation for 'prepare' and 'install' stanzas in snapcraft. Open for nearly 10 years with zero maintainer interaction or comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Missing documentation for the prepare and install stanzas in snapcraft. The issue has been inactive for over 9 years with no maintainer response or comments. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
25
|
close stale | Missing documentation for 'prepare' and 'install' stanzas in snapcraft. Issue remains completely inactive after ~9.4 years with no maintainer response, labels, or assignee. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Missing documentation for the prepare and install stanzas in snapcraft docs. Issue remains open with no comments, labels, or activity since submission. Needs triage and documentation updates. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1744822 poor naming conventions for scripts prepare and install | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Suggestion to rename snapcraft plugin scripts 'prepare' and 'install' to 'pre-build' and 'post-build' for clarity. Unlabeled, zero comments, inactive ~8.6 years; the plugin scriptlets were later removed in favor of the override-<step> model. |