multipass should use snapcraft defined environments
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Current evaluation
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Closed without discussion or resolution, indicating the feature request was likely abandoned or superseded. The proposal to align multipass with snapcraft-defined build images received no further action.
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Issue body
snapcraft defines which build image to use. We should launch multipass with said image.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without discussion or resolution, indicating the feature request was likely abandoned or superseded. The proposal to align multipass with snapcraft-defined build images received no further action. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Configuring multipass to use snapcraft-defined build environments was closed without implementation or discussion. No pull request was created, indicating the suggestion was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without discussion or implementation. The proposal to configure multipass to use snapcraft-defined build images was abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1813979 snapcraft cleanbuild wants to install multipass but it's already installed | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. Likely abandoned or superseded by newer snapcraft and multipass versions that resolved the detection and launch failures. | |
| #1794361 use new multipass snapcraft remote | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The request to configure the new multipass snapcraft remote and default missing bases to core16 was likely abandoned or superseded. | |
| #1803708 Snapcraft should detect being run inside multipass and error | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Rejected. Maintainers disagreed, noting users may legitimately run snapcraft inside multipass VMs. The issue was closed without implementation. | |
| #1806083 snapcraft fails to locate multipass (inside a multipass session) | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | snapcraft 3.0.1 fails to detect an installed multipass when run inside a multipass VM, prompting to install and dropping the user into a shell. No maintainer activity for ~7 years; affected version is long obsolete. | |
| #1806470 Does not handle multipass instance being deleted | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. Snapcraft stalls when an externally deleted Multipass instance is not purged. No fix was implemented, indicating the issue was abandoned. | |
| #1792254 multipass to drive the image to use for building | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution. The request to delegate image selection to Multipass was likely abandoned or superseded by updated build configurations. | |
| #1975468 Snapcraft build fails, because multipass cannot download cloudimg | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The Multipass cloud image download failure was not addressed, indicating the issue was abandoned or resolved externally. | |
| #1904774 Snapcraft runs multipass setup but fails | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Snapcraft failed during multipass VM cleanup after reporting a missing instance. Closed without comments or fixes. | |
| #1792614 use multipass if set in the environment | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution details. The request to prioritize environment-set multipass over base settings was abandoned due to inactivity. | |
| #1859427 'multipass' does not exist or is not available on the desired channel 'latest/beta' | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned after 135 days of inactivity. The report describes a snapcraft channel resolution error when installing multipass, though manual installation works. No fix or discussion was provided. |