Snapcraft is pulling content snap before building a snap
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Current evaluation
Closed as abandoned. The report detailed snapcraft unnecessarily pulling content snaps before building, causing high resource usage. No discussion, fixes, or follow-up occurred.
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Issue body
snapcraft both in stable and edge channel is pulling content snap described in plugs of app’s snapcraft before building the snap package of app.
This is very annoying and i don’t know what is the use of such behavior. Content snaps are usually used to package runtime libs and other things required by app. I dont know why they are required by snapcraft before building the .snap file of app.
my app’s snapcraft.yaml (https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/fF5Wrv5hny/)
Command i used to build snap :
`snapcraft--destructive-mode`
cause i don’t need build it inside a VM, since libs and runtime is built in VM and are in content snap already this snap just hold application executable and snap meta.
Same happen with `snapcraft` command, Hence snapcraft is taking huge resources to build a a snap package which don't even have any package to stage.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned. The report detailed snapcraft unnecessarily pulling content snaps before building, causing high resource usage. No discussion, fixes, or follow-up occurred. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
75
|
close stale | Snapcraft unexpectedly pulls content snaps during destructive-mode builds, consuming resources. The report is over 6 years old, lacks maintainer labels, and has no follow-up. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
80
|
needs triage | Reports snapcraft pulling content snaps during build, consuming significant resources. Unlabeled, zero comments, inactive for over six years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
75
|
close stale | User reports snapcraft pulls content snaps during destructive-mode builds, consuming resources. The report lacks labels, has zero maintainer comments, and has been inactive for over six years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
80
|
close stale | Snapcraft pulls content snaps during build, even in destructive mode, causing excessive resource usage. The report is untriaged, inactive, and awaiting investigation. |
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