node-engine: 8.1.3 is not happy
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Current evaluation
Closed as stale on 2026-08-25 after nearly nine years; no fix was recorded, and maintainer @~mr-cal noted that the npm plugin had changed considerably since the 2017 report.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: The closing comment explicitly states it was closed as stale because the npm plugin had changed considerably since the report. No resolving PR or commit was recorded.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
Possibly related to or a duplicate of #1702661.
Setting `node-engine: 8.1.3` and then running `snapcraft cleanbuild` explodes, but `node-engine: 7.10.0` works fine:
https://gist.github.com/evandandrea/be30a0b769a3739c81dc95da6bce5e9b
I suggested it might be a duplicate of #1702661 because outside cleanbuild, the error is the same as #1702661:
https://gist.github.com/evandandrea/24fb22f894c8102a9c5a87c7c1eccf29
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale on 2026-08-25 after nearly nine years; no fix was recorded, and maintainer @~mr-cal noted that the npm plugin had changed considerably since the 2017 report. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as stale in 2026; @mr-cal noted that snapcraft's npm plugin had changed considerably since the 2017 node-engine 8.1.3 failure. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed as stale. The node-engine 8.1.3 cleanbuild failure stemmed from a missing staging directory. The npm plugin has changed considerably since the report, so the issue was abandoned without a direct fix. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
20
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close stale | snapcraft cleanbuild fails with node-engine 8.1.3, potentially related to #1702661. No maintainer response or activity in ~9 years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
25
|
close stale | node-engine 8.1.3 fails during snapcraft cleanbuild, possibly related to #1702661. No maintainer comments or activity in nearly 9 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
25
Confidence:
95
Support Request:
15
|
close stale | Report that snapcraft's node-engine plugin fails with Node 8.1.3 during cleanbuild, while 7.10.0 works. Issue is over 9 years old with no maintainer response or comments. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft (launchpad)#1702661
(confidence 99%)
Initially suspected as a duplicate; a maintainer said #1702661 was released with 2.33, while this report still failed with 2.34.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2001 node-engine does not support NodeJS 8.X.X | snapcraft | closed | Closed as stale; later PR #2342 updated Snapcraft's Node.js plugin to the latest 8.x LTS in commit b847e74af. | |
| #1802496 Nodejs plugin doesn't rebuild properly | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as stale by maintainer ~mr-cal on 2026-07-24; no implementation or resolving PR was recorded. | |
| #1755524 Can not use NodeJS 8 | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as stale; Node.js 8 support was later addressed in snapcraft#2342 which updated the nodejs plugin to the latest 8.x LTS. |