snapcraft export-login doesn't explain what the login file is
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Current evaluation
Help text for snapcraft export-login doesn't explain what the login-file is. Open for 1024 days with no maintainer response or comments.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: Issue is 1024 days old with zero maintainer engagement, no labels, and no comments. While it's a legitimate documentation improvement request, the extreme age and lack of activity indicate it's no longer relevant. The help text could have been updated in the intervening 2.8 years, and this is a trivial change that anyone could address.
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
13.5
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
20
Issue body
The help message of snapcraft export-login doesn't explain what the "login-file" input actually is.
Help message:
```
$ snapcraft export-login --help
Usage:
snapcraft export-login [options] <<login-file>>
Summary:
Log in to the Snap Store with your Ubuntu One SSO credentials.
If you do not have any, you can create them at https://login.ubuntu.com
To use the alternative authentication mechanism (Candid), set the
environment variable 'SNAPCRAFT_STORE_AUTH' to 'candid'.
This command exports credentials to use on systems where login is not
possible or desired.
Options:
-h, --help: Show this help message and exit
-v, --verbose: Show debug information and be more verbose
-q, --quiet: Only show warnings and errors, not progress
--verbosity: Set the verbosity level to 'quiet', 'brief',
'verbose', 'debug' or 'trace'
-V, --version: Show the application version and exit
--snaps: Comma-separated list of snaps to limit access
--channels: Comma-separated list of channels to limit
access
--acls: Comma-separated list of ACLs to limit access
--expires: Date/time (in ISO 8601) when this exported
login expires
--experimental-login: Deprecated option to enable candid login. Set
SNAPCRAFT_STORE_AUTH=candid instead
See also:
login
logout
whoami
For a summary of all commands, run 'snapcraft help --all'.
```
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
13.5
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | Help text for snapcraft export-login doesn't explain what the login-file is. Open for 1024 days with no maintainer response or comments. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
5
|
needs triage | snapcraft export-login help text lacks explanation for the login-file argument. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for ~2.7 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | The snapcraft export-login help text lacks an explanation for the login-file argument. Open for nearly 3 years with no maintainer response or labels. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Missing explanation for login-file parameter in snapcraft export-login help text. Issue is unlabelled, has zero comments, and has been inactive for over 2.5 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
50
|
close stale | Unlabelled documentation request noting that snapcraft export-login help text lacks an explanation for the output login file. Inactive for over 2.5 years with no maintainer response. |
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