Set snap name to a human readable name in store upload

Metadata

Project: snapcraft (launchpad)
Number: #1816858
Type: issue
State: open
Author: ~sil
Labels: feature
Created: 2019-02-20 08:42 PM UTC
Updated: 2019-03-08 06:58 AM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Feature request to auto-derive a human-readable title (e.g. 'Adobe Photoshop') from the snap name during store upload. Open since 2018 with zero comments or maintainer engagement; the CLI no longer sets the store display name in modern snapcraft.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is 2749 days old with 0 comments and no maintainer interaction (confirmed by the related-issue search showing the same request inactive for over 7 years). Beyond age, the original request targets the legacy 1.x 'snapcraft store' upload flow with a name field; modern snapcraft's restructured store commands no longer set the human-readable display name via CLI (it is managed in the store web UI), so the specific ask is no longer applicable. Confidence is moderate because code tools were unavailable to verify the current store code paths directly.

Impact: 20 Quick Win: 14.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 65 Support Request: 10

Issue body

A snap's name, when publishing it to the store, should be a "nice", human-readable name ("Adobe Photoshop", not the "computer name" of "adobe-photoshop"). By default, when publishing a snap to the store, the "name" field defaults to the "snap name" which is used to install from the command line, i.e., "adobe-photoshop". Since names should be human-readable, it may be a subtle encouragement to do that without explicit instructions needed by calculating a "nice" name from the "snap name"; that is, convert "adobe-photoshop" to "Adobe Photoshop" by replacing hyphens with spaces and converting to title case. The user can of course still change that if they want to, but at the moment every user needs to change the name always. Also, the name defaulting to a "computer name" subtly implies that that's the format the name ought to take.

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-09-01 08:47 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 20 Quick Win: 14.0 Staleness: 95 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 65 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to auto-derive a human-readable title (e.g. 'Adobe Photoshop') from the snap name during store upload. Open since 2018 with zero comments or maintainer engagement; the CLI no longer sets the store display name in modern snapcraft.
2026-07-23 11:59 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to auto-convert snap names to human-readable title case during store upload. Inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer engagement or comments.
2026-07-22 12:21 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5	close stale	Feature request to auto-convert snap names to human-readable title case during store upload. Unaddressed for over seven years with zero maintainer interaction or community engagement.
2026-07-10 02:16 AM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 98 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 90 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to auto-convert snap names to human-readable title case during store upload. Inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer response or implementation.
2026-06-21 04:36 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 95 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 10	close stale	Feature request to auto-convert snap names to human-readable title case during store upload. Unassessed by maintainers, inactive for over 7 years.

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