Add support for 7-zip sources
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Current evaluation
7-zip source support was implemented through snapcore/snapcraft PR #1168, which the issue author linked as the resolution.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The issue was resolved by the implementation referenced in the sole follow-up comment, snapcore/snapcraft PR #1168. Subsequent Snapcraft documentation also confirms support for .7z archives.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
For some projects it would be helpful to be able to use sources provided in form of 7-zip (.7z) files.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | 7-zip source support was implemented through snapcore/snapcraft PR #1168, which the issue author linked as the resolution. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | 7-zip source support was merged in canonical/snapcraft#1168 via commit a2beca258, enabling extraction of .7z source archives. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Added 7z source support in Snapcraft through merged PR #1168 (commit a2beca258), using libarchive to extract .7z archives. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Support for 7-zip source files was closed without discussion or implementation. Likely abandoned due to inactivity. No resolution or merge details were provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Request to add 7-zip source support was closed without implementation or discussion. The feature remains unimplemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Request to add 7-zip source support was closed without implementation. No comments over nine years indicate the feature was abandoned. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Feature request to add 7-zip source support was closed without implementation. Zero comments and over nine years of inactivity indicate the request was abandoned. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcore/snapcraft#1168
(confidence 98%)
The issue author explicitly directed follow-up to this pull request, and later release notes document 7z source support.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1577062 Add support for zip files | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Zip source support merged via upstream PR ubuntu-core/snapcraft#523 (commit c9fe15076). Released in snapcraft 2.10 (yakkety/xenial SRU) and verified by elopio; bug marked verification-done. | |
| #1168 sources: add support for 7-zip files | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1168 added .7z source support using libarchive, with tests, in squashed commit a2beca258. |