API package creation from the stage
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Current evaluation
Feature request: a 'dev' plugin to tar.gz the stage into a named API/dev package (for runtime snaps like ubuntu-qt-runtime); points to unmerged snapcore/snapcraft#884, no maintainer response since 2016.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The request is coherent and still unmet: the current snapcraft tree ships only initrd/kernel/python/ros/flutter/uv/poetry plugins plus craft-parts' dump, and no plugin that packages the stage/prime dir into a secondary tarball, so nothing in the codebase resolves it. It is not closeable as fixed. However, it has zero maintainer engagement — the only comment is the author himself linking snapcore/snapcraft#884 — so scope (naming, where the archive is written, how it reaches the store for platform-snap API packages) is undefined and would need design discussion before implementation.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
32
Quick Win:
4
Complexity:
62
Confidence:
62
Actionability:
35
|
keep open | Feature request: a 'dev' plugin to tar.gz the stage into a named API/dev package (for runtime snaps like ubuntu-qt-runtime); points to unmerged snapcore/snapcraft#884, no maintainer response since 2016. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
3
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
66
Actionability:
28
|
needs triage | 2016 proposal for a 'development' plugin that tars up the stage directory into a separate API/dev package for platform content snaps (e.g. ubuntu-qt-runtime). Implementing PR #884 was closed unmerged; no maintainer response since. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
7
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
60
Actionability:
60
|
needs triage | Feature request from 2015 proposing a new 'development' plugin to create API packages from stage space. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, no activity since creation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
14
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | 2016 feature proposal to add a snapcraft 'development' plugin that tars up the stage with filtered content, creating an API/developer package (headers/libs) for runtime snaps like ubuntu-qt-runtime. No labels, comments, or activity for about 10 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Proposal to add a snapcraft plugin for packaging stage space with developer headers and libraries. Unaddressed for nearly a decade with zero maintainer interaction. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Proposal for a new snapcraft plugin to archive staged content for API packages. Unlabelled, zero comments, inactive for over 9 years with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
100
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
10
|
close stale | Proposal for a new snapcraft plugin to package staged content as an API counterpart for runtime snaps. Unlabeled, unresponded to, and inactive for nearly a decade. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcore/snapcraft#884
(confidence 60%)
PR cited by the author in the sole comment; no matching commit for a dev/tar.gz plugin exists in snapcraft history and no such plugin exists in the current plugin set.
Related issues
No related issues found above the similarity threshold.