Better base detection
Metadata
Current evaluation
Abandoned. Closed without comments or resolution. The base detection failure in snapcraft build environments was not addressed.
Suggested action: —
No scores available.
Issue body
The current base detection logic in bin/snapcraft fails to work inside a build environment as it expectes snapcraft.yamls in $PWD.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Abandoned. Closed without comments or resolution. The base detection failure in snapcraft build environments was not addressed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution. The base detection logic issue remains unaddressed and appears abandoned due to extended inactivity and lack of comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or comments. Likely abandoned due to inactivity. The original report noted snapcraft failing to locate snapcraft.yaml in build environments. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Abandoned and closed without resolution. The base detection failure in build environments, caused by incorrect $PWD expectations in bin/snapcraft, received no follow-up or fix. |
Update history
No update history recorded yet.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1794506 Changing the base doesn't change the build VM | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Abandoned. Snapcraft fails to update the build VM when the base changes. Closed without resolution or fix due to age and zero activity. No merge details provided. | |
| #2309 snap: improve early base detection logic | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Resolved early base detection failure in build providers by updating logic to account for snapcraft's non-project directory execution. Approved by reviewer, passed CI, and merged with minimal changes. | |
| #1857019 cannot build snapd snap with build-base: core w/o base: core | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments. The snapcraft TypeError when using build-base: core without base: core remains unresolved. | |
| #1808514 Snapcraft build should fail if using classic and base at the same time | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without comments or resolution. Likely abandoned due to inactivity, with no fix, merge, or official decision documented. | |
| #1675516 can't cleanbuild snapcraft itself | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution or comments, the report of a failed snapcraft cleanbuild due to missing build-packages was abandoned. | |
| #1803776 snapcraft init missing a base | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The base requirement for snapcraft init was later implemented in subsequent releases, superseding this report. | |
| #1593560 No way to snap keybase | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The report outlines a snapcraft bug where specifying go-importpath enables initial builds but causes failures after snapcraft clean. With zero comments and no patches, the issue was abandoned. | |
| #1706564 Please allow the new "base" key in snapcraft.yaml | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | The request to support the new base key in snapcraft.yaml was closed without implementation. With zero comments and no resolution details, the issue was abandoned or superseded by later updates. |