snapcraft deb doesn't work on elementary 0.4 loki
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Current evaluation
Closed as unsupported. The snapcraft deb package failed on elementary OS 0.4 Loki with an unsupported OS error. No fix was implemented, and the report was abandoned due to the outdated OS and lack of developer response.
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Issue body
'snapcraft is not supported on this operating system'
python3 -c 'import platform; print(platform.linux_distribution())'
Above returns:-
('"elementary"', '0.4', 'loki')
adding elementary to /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/snapcraft/internal/repo/_platform.py didn't fix it.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as unsupported. The snapcraft deb package failed on elementary OS 0.4 Loki with an unsupported OS error. No fix was implemented, and the report was abandoned due to the outdated OS and lack of developer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft failed on elementary OS 0.4 loki due to unsupported OS detection. The report was abandoned with no comments or fixes provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The snapcraft deb package failed on elementary OS 0.4 Loki with an unsupported OS error. Manual platform configuration changes did not fix the issue, and the report was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned. The snapcraft deb package failed to recognize elementary OS 0.4 loki as supported, and manual platform detection updates did not resolve the compatibility error. |
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