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"Write your own plugins" doc is very out of date.

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1561524
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~kyrofa
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Current evaluation

Updated plugin-authoring docs for the current API in canonical/snapcraft#410 (merge 2a88a160d; docs commit 862e96893).

Resolution: closed resolved

Reason: canonical/snapcraft#410 was merged, and commit 862e96893 updated docs/plugins.md for the current plugin API. The issue author linked the merged PR as its resolution.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

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Issue body

It still uses a schema YAML file instead of the `BasePlugin.schema()` function, and suggests calling `handle_source_options()`.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Updated plugin-authoring docs for the current API in canonical/snapcraft#410 (merge 2a88a160d; docs commit 862e96893).
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Updated the plugin authoring documentation for the current API, replacing obsolete schema YAML and handle_source_options guidance via canonical/snapcraft#410 (commit 862e96893).
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed stale The outdated plugin documentation issue was closed after about 10.5 years without a recorded fix, resolving PR, commit, or explanation.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Documentation issue noting outdated plugin development instructions was abandoned and closed without resolution. The guide still references deprecated schema YAML files and handle_source_options(). No updates were applied.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Reported outdated plugin documentation referencing deprecated schema YAML and obsolete functions. The issue was closed without comments or follow-up, indicating it was abandoned or resolved externally.

Update history

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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: canonical/snapcraft#410 (confidence 100%)

    Merged documentation update resolving the obsolete schema YAML and handle_source_options guidance.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1535897 Add quick document about how to write your own plugin snapcraft (launchpad) closed Plugin-authoring doc request closed by ubuntu-core/snapcraft PR #241, which added docs/plugins.md (later refreshed in #410 and removed when docs moved to snappy-docs, #1227).
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