Cleaning up output
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Current evaluation
Noisy duplicate Snapcraft output was cleaned up by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#2643 (cd38acef9), with the fix released in Snapcraft 3.7.1.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #2643 removed the redundant asset-search messages, and maintainer @~sergiusens confirmed the resolution in Snapcraft 3.7.1.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
Might be time to have a look at the output of snapcraft again and cleaning it up:
% snapcraft
Using 'snapcraft.yaml': Project assets will be searched for from the 'snap' directory.
Launching a VM.
Using 'snapcraft.yaml': Project assets will be searched for from the 'snap' directory.
Message is long, duplicated, and it doesn't feel like super useful information to be showing even once. It's a bit like running "bash" and getting a message saying "I'm reading .bashrc" every time.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Noisy duplicate Snapcraft output was cleaned up by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#2643 (cd38acef9), with the fix released in Snapcraft 3.7.1. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft output was cleaned up by merged PR #2643 (cd38acef9), removing noisy asset-search messages; maintainers confirmed the fix in Snapcraft 3.7.1. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | No resolving PR, commit, or maintainer explanation was found for the proposed Snapcraft output cleanup. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Requesting cleanup of duplicate and verbose snapcraft output messages was closed without resolution. Zero comments indicate the suggestion was abandoned or superseded by later project refactors. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without a documented fix. The report requested removing redundant and verbose snapcraft output messages, but no resolution or code changes were implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed. The report flagged verbose and duplicated snapcraft output as unhelpful but was abandoned without a resolution or fix documented. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to clean up duplicated snapcraft startup output was abandoned due to lack of follow-up. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#2643
(confidence 98%)
Merged PR associated with commit cd38acef9 and the Snapcraft 3.7.1 fix.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2469 cli: clean up snapcraft push output | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2469 as commit 194589f0e, reducing snapcraft push noise, moving extra messages to debug level, and standardizing filename output. | |
| #1578170 Your first snap: snapcraft clean needed before second snapcraft stage | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed in canonical/snapcraft#4 by PRs #442–#448 (commits 1a6a21831, 80de92254, 6224553ae, da1411df0): snapcraft.yaml changes now dirty lifecycle steps, avoiding the required manual clean. | |
| #2734 SnapcraftError refactoring | snapcraft | merged | SnapcraftError refactoring was merged in canonical/snapcraft#2734 after maintainer approval, updating four files (+279/-26). | |
| #1538692 Clean up messages for uploads | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Upload output was cleaned up in canonical/snapcraft#283, merged as 0c37853c4 (implementation d18b3f8e3), hiding verbose messages and adding progress indicators. | |
| #1804439 Push output needs love | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Push output cleanup landed in snapcraft PR #2469 (commit 194589f0e): duplicate/full-path messages and the "cached source snap" line dropped to debug, filenames made consistent and shortened. |