Snapcraft.yml in 'snap' directory. prime/parts/stage in '.'
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Current evaluation
Feature request (2018) to let snapcraft put parts/stage/prime build dirs next to snap/snapcraft.yaml instead of the project root. Maintainer kyrofa agreed it is desirable; no implementation exists — lifecycle still uses Path.cwd() as work_dir.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: Maintainer kyrofa explicitly endorsed the idea ('Indeed, this is something we'd like to do', 2018-02-06), so the request is triaged and valid; but nothing has changed since — snapcraft/parts/lifecycle.py still sets `work_dir = project_dir = Path.cwd()` and there is no `build-dir`/`stage-dir` option anywhere in the tree, so the behaviour the reporter dislikes is still current. Age alone is not grounds to close, and the subsystem is alive (snap/ and snapcraft.yaml support is documented in docs/explanation/snapcraft-yaml.rst). Actionability is capped because the issue contains no design spec: implementing it touches provider/managed-environment work dirs (utils.get_managed_environment_home_path), remote build, and hundreds of spread tests that assert paths like prime/meta/snap.yaml.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
35
Quick Win:
7
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
82
Actionability:
55
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keep open | Feature request (2018) to let snapcraft put parts/stage/prime build dirs next to snap/snapcraft.yaml instead of the project root. Maintainer kyrofa agreed it is desirable; no implementation exists — lifecycle still uses Path.cwd() as work_dir. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
33
Quick Win:
14
Complexity:
48
Confidence:
88
Actionability:
80
|
keep open | Requested moving Snapcraft's parts, stage, and prime directories from the project root into snap/. A maintainer agreed this was desirable, but no implementation is evidenced. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
5
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
70
Actionability:
40
|
needs triage | User asks if build directories (prime/parts/stage) can be placed in the snap/ directory alongside snapcraft.yml instead of the project root. No maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
6
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
70
Support Request:
40
|
close stale | 2017 request to place snapcraft build dirs (parts, prime, stage) next to snapcraft.yml in ./snap/ instead of the project root. No response for 8.5 years; dirs remain in project root by design, CRAFT_PARTS_DIR partially addresses configurability. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
85
|
close stale | User asks why snapcraft build directories (parts, stage, prime) are created in the project root instead of alongside snapcraft.yml in the ./snap/ directory. Issue is completely inactive with no maintainer response. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
85
|
close stale | User asks why snapcraft build directories (parts, prime, stage) are created in the project root instead of alongside snapcraft.yml. Unanswered for over 8 years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
10
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
85
|
needs triage | Unassessed support question asking why snapcraft generates build directories in the project root instead of alongside snapcraft.yml. No maintainer response, labels, or assignee. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1538688 Support referencing the stage dir from snapcraft.yaml | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Implemented SNAPCRAFT_STAGE substitution for part properties and merged the fix in canonical/snapcraft#270 via eb033b40c. | |
| #6095 Allow staging snap components | snapcraft | open | Feature request to support snap components in stage-snaps (snap+component syntax). Triaged as feasible; implementation lives upstream in craft-parts PR #1604, currently on hold pending snapd UX decisions on component access/management. | |
| #270 Support $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE for parts | snapcraft | merged | Merged in canonical/snapcraft#270 via eb033b40c, adding part-time replacement of $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE with the absolute stage-directory path. | |
| #1805214 stage-snaps | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Feature request for a stage-snaps keyword (unpack a snap's content into the snap being built, like stage-packages) was implemented and merged in canonical/snapcraft#2468 (commit 0983e4063), then shipped in the 3.2 release; follow-up fixes in #2525 and #3211. |