Support downloading snaps
Metadata
Current evaluation
Snap downloading support was merged in canonical/snapcraft#379 via commit 0c31143f3, enabling the kernel plugin to assemble a full initrd image.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: Merged PR canonical/snapcraft#379 resolved the requested snap-download capability in commit 0c31143f3, with implementation commit b9e6cc37e.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
This is required prework for the kernel plugin to be able to compose a full initrd.img
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snap downloading support was merged in canonical/snapcraft#379 via commit 0c31143f3, enabling the kernel plugin to assemble a full initrd image. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snap downloading support was added for kernel initrd composition by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#379. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft Launchpad #1558970 was resolved by merged PR #379, adding snap-download support needed to compose kernel initrds. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation or discussion. The snap download support feature, required for kernel plugin initrd composition, was abandoned or superseded by later development. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation or discussion. The requested snap download support was abandoned or superseded before integration into the kernel plugin for initrd.img composition. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or merge. Zero comments and no linked pull requests indicate the feature request was abandoned or superseded by later kernel plugin implementations. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without implementation. The snap download support feature, required for kernel plugin initrd composition, was abandoned or superseded by later development efforts. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#379
(confidence 100%)
The merged PR added snap downloading support and was linked directly in the issue's closing comment.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #379 Support downloading snaps | snapcraft | merged | Merged snap-download support for kernel building in PR #379 via commit 0c31143f3; the author said it was temporary pending generic initrd support. | |
| #1552168 Add a kernel plugin | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Kernel snap creation was implemented by merged canonical/snapcraft#366 (merge b7c1e8bbb, head 6da4ee672), adding kernel and kbuild plugins plus examples. | |
| #1569337 snapcraft kernel plugin needs to check compression method of the initrd before trying to unpack it | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Kernel plugin gained initrd compression detection and LZMA/XZ support instead of assuming gzip; fixed by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#463 (commit ac25418f5). | |
| #1627923 kernel plugin initrd packaging fails when kernel modules have common dependencies | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by snapcore/snapcraft PR #837, which allowed initrd packaging to handle common kernel-module dependencies without duplicate-copy failures. | |
| #1606903 kernel plugin: can't snap a kernel using launchpad | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#903 (commit 603948e1d), allowing Store part downloads without snapcraft login and resolving Launchpad kernel builds. |