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`snapcraft help ruby` fails

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1818051
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~ev
Labels
Created
Updated
Closed

Current evaluation

Closed as wontfix. Maintainers confirmed Snapcraft no longer supports help text for plugins, directing users to official documentation instead.

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Issue body

$ for x in $(snapcraft list-plugins); do snapcraft help $x 1>/dev/null || echo $x done ruby $ snapcraft --version snapcraft, version 3.0.1

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b Closed as wontfix. Maintainers confirmed Snapcraft no longer supports help text for plugins, directing users to official documentation instead.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Reporting that snapcraft help ruby fails when checking help for all plugins in version 3.0.1. Issue is unlabelled, has zero comments, and has been inactive for over 7 years.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Reports snapcraft help ruby failing on version 3.0.1. The report is over 7 years old, lacks maintainer interaction, and references a deprecated version.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 98
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Reports snapcraft help ruby failing on version 3.0.1. Open for over 7 years with no maintainer response. The affected version is long deprecated, making this report irrelevant to current releases.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 95
Complexity: 10
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Reports snapcraft help ruby failing on version 3.0.1. Issue has been inactive for over 7 years with no maintainer response or reproduction details, and the reported version is long outdated.

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