Get Desktop icon from snap instead of source tree
Metadata
Current evaluation
Feature request to allow icon field in snapcraft.yaml to reference files in the snap instead of source tree. Issue is 3.8 years old with no maintainer interaction.
Suggested action: close not a bug
Reason: The `icon` field in snapcraft.yaml has been deprecated in favor of the `setup/gui` directory method (see launchpad #1578231). This issue requests a feature for a deprecated field. Users should use the `setup/gui` directory method instead.
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
8.0
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
Issue body
Given many snaps download files at build time, the icon might not be available in the source tree.
The `icon` field in snapcraft.yaml should have a way to specify a path to a file in the snap itself, instead of the source tree.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
10
Quick Win:
8.0
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
|
close not a bug | Feature request to allow icon field in snapcraft.yaml to reference files in the snap instead of source tree. Issue is 3.8 years old with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Request to let snapcraft.yaml icon field reference files inside the built snap instead of the source tree. Open for 3.7 years with zero comments or maintainer engagement. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to allow snapcraft.yaml icon field to reference files inside the built snap package rather than the source tree. Unaddressed for over 3 years with no maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
needs triage | Feature request to allow snapcraft.yaml icon field to reference files within the built snap rather than the source tree. Unlabelled and inactive for over 3.7 years with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Feature request to allow snapcraft.yaml icon field to reference files built inside the snap rather than the source tree. Untriaged, zero maintainer activity, and over 3.5 years old. |
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Related work
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Duplicate Of:
canonical/snapcraft#1578231
(confidence 70%)
Launchpad issue confirming icon field is deprecated in favor of setup/gui directory method
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1662034 Adding "icon" filed in the snapcraft.yaml template to define a package icon | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Feature request to add an icon field to the snapcraft init template so developers know how to set a package icon for the Ubuntu Store. Filed ~9.5 years ago with no labels, no comments, and no maintainer interaction; request remains unaddressed. |