add .deb kernel's to the kernel plugin
Metadata
Current evaluation
No kernel-plugin change was needed: snapcraft 2.18’s .deb sources and the nil plugin already supported kernel packages; only initrd recreation remained.
Resolution: closed not a bug
Reason: Maintainer Sergiusens explained that .deb sources were available in snapcraft 2.18 and that the nil plugin already provided this capability. No plugin-specific resolution was identified.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
This is more of a feature request for snapcraft. That is to have the option with the kernel plugin so that we can use a debian package of the kernel with all customizations done to it so that we don't have to compile and recompile kernel from source to build the kernel .snap. IE, build a kernel, with custom drivers, package it up into a deb, then convert it to a snap using snapcraft.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | No kernel-plugin change was needed: snapcraft 2.18’s .deb sources and the nil plugin already supported kernel packages; only initrd recreation remained. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed not a bug | Resolved as already supported: Snapcraft 2.18 added .deb sources, allowing a prebuilt kernel package to be used with the nil plugin instead of recompiling it. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale; much later, prebuilt Ubuntu kernel .deb support was added by PRs #6116 and #6254 via kernel-ubuntu-binary-package. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale without a direct fix; prebuilt Ubuntu kernel .deb support was later added by merged PRs #6116 and #6254 via kernel-ubuntu-binary-package. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed stale with no discussion. Later merged PRs #6116 and #6254 added prebuilt Ubuntu kernel .deb support through kernel-ubuntu-binary-package. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Feature request to support .deb kernel packages in the snapcraft kernel plugin was closed without implementation. Lacking discussion or resolution, the request appears abandoned after over a decade of inactivity. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned. The request to support .deb kernel packages in the snapcraft kernel plugin received no comments or implementation and remains unaddressed. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as abandoned due to inactivity. The feature request to support .deb kernel packages in the snapcraft kernel plugin was never implemented. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Feature request to add .deb kernel support to the snapcraft kernel plugin was closed without implementation or discussion. The request remains unaddressed and effectively abandoned. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. |