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snaps must have accompanying source available

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1711333
Type
issue
State
open
Author
~jr
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Current evaluation

9-year-old policy proposal requiring snap developers to upload source code for licensing compliance. Zero comments, no labels, no maintainer interaction. Never triaged or acted upon.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: Filed 3301 days ago with zero comments, no labels, and no maintainer response ever. The snap ecosystem has evolved substantially since then, with source-code metadata fields now available in snapcraft.yaml and store-level source availability mechanisms, making this specific 'require source upload' proposal outdated in its original form. No evidence of ongoing relevance or maintainer interest over 9 years.

Impact: 40 Quick Win: 12.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 70 Confidence: 60 Support Request: 10

Issue body

snap packages include open source software. To ensure compliance with licencing and ensure the continued development of this open source users of snaps must be able to download the source code used to create a snap. Developers must be able (probably required) to upload sources and maybe pointers to .debs used which will persist for the lifetime of the snap.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 40
Quick Win: 12.0
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 70
Confidence: 60
Support Request: 10
close stale 9-year-old policy proposal requiring snap developers to upload source code for licensing compliance. Zero comments, no labels, no maintainer interaction. Never triaged or acted upon.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Request to mandate source code availability for snap packages to ensure open-source license compliance. Unaddressed for nearly 9 years with no maintainer interaction.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 99
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 95
Support Request: 10
close stale Request to mandate source code availability for snap packages to ensure open-source license compliance. Untriaged, inactive for nearly 8 years, no maintainer response.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 5
close stale External contributor requests mandatory source code availability for snap packages to ensure licensing compliance. Issue is completely inactive for nearly 9 years with no maintainer response.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Requires snap packages to include or link to source code for licensing compliance. Open with zero comments, no labels, and over a year of inactivity. Currently needs triage and assignment.

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