svn source-type not honoring proxies

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1718245
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~kwmonroe
Labels: —
Created: 2017-09-19 04:29 PM UTC
Updated: 2018-01-18 12:40 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

svn source-type fails on Launchpad builders behind an authenticated proxy because the svn handler doesn't write proxy settings to ~/.subversion/servers. Unlabelled, zero comments, no maintainer activity for ~9 years; reporter worked around it with a git mirror.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The issue has no labels, no assignee, and zero comments — no maintainer has ever acknowledged, categorised, or responded to it, so it has never been triaged. It is very old (last activity 3147 days ago), but I found no evidence the svn source type was removed or proxy support added, so close_stale isn't justified; a maintainer should confirm whether svn source still exists and whether the proposed ~/.subversion/servers fix is still applicable.

Impact: 20 Quick Win: 15.0 Staleness: 92 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 60 Support Request: 10

Issue body

I attempted to build a snap on the launchpad builders that used 'source-type: svn'. These builders are behind an authenticated proxy, and it appears svn doesn't like that. Here you can see my snapcraft.yaml part and subsequent build failure: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25565855/ The full build log is available here: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/337431579/buildlog_snap_ubuntu_xenial_amd64_pig_BUILDING.txt.gz I was able to work around this because my source happens to have a git mirror, and git works fine with launchpad builders. I believe the svn source handler needs to include proxy info (if present) in ~/.subversion/servers, as suggested by this SO answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1491180/how-to-configure-a-http-proxy-for-svn

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 06:44 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 20 Quick Win: 15.0 Staleness: 92 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 60 Support Request: 10	needs triage	svn source-type fails on Launchpad builders behind an authenticated proxy because the svn handler doesn't write proxy settings to ~/.subversion/servers. Unlabelled, zero comments, no maintainer activity for ~9 years; reporter worked around it with a git mirror.
2026-07-23 11:38 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	Bug report from 8+ years ago stating that the svn source-type in snapcraft does not honor HTTP proxies on Launchpad builders. No maintainer response or activity since submission.
2026-07-22 01:25 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snapcraft's svn source-type fails to honor HTTP proxies on build environments. Unlabeled, no maintainer comments, inactive for over 8 years.
2026-07-09 01:28 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snapcraft's svn source-type fails behind authenticated proxies on Launchpad builders. Unresolved for ~8.5 years with no maintainer response or labels.
2026-06-20 05:38 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 92 Support Request: 10	close stale	Snapcraft's svn source-type ignores proxy settings, failing builds behind authenticated proxies. Suggests adding proxy config to ~/.subversion/servers. Open with zero comments and no recent activity, awaiting triage and implementation.

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