repo: implement :target suffix for package names
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed unmerged after repeated CI failures; the author paused the :target package-name proposal to discuss alternative designs, with no resolving commit.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: The author closed the PR on 2017-10-11 after CI repeatedly failed, ultimately on a 404 fetching Xenial arm64 package indexes, and said they would discuss other options. No replacement PR or landed commit is identified.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
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- [x] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh static`?
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Fixes: #1502
Related: [LP: #1737561](https://bugs.launchpad.net/snapcraft/+bug/1737561)
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed unmerged after repeated CI failures; the author paused the :target package-name proposal to discuss alternative designs, with no resolving commit. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Unmerged proposal to add :target suffixes to package names; closed after CI failures, including unrelated BlockingIOError errors and unavailable Xenial arm64 package sources. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The :target suffix feature for package names was abandoned. The author closed the pull request due to unrelated CI failures and repository errors, choosing to discuss alternative implementation approaches instead. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without merging due to flaky external test failures. Implementation was deferred pending design discussion, with maintainers suggesting alternative approaches like defaulting :target for stage-packages and adding :build/:host architectures. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft#1502
(confidence 100%)
The PR explicitly fixes #1502, which was also closed unmerged after this implementation stalled.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1502 Support :target suffix for build-packages | snapcraft | closed | Support for :target build-package suffixes was implemented in PR #1536, but the PR closed unmerged after CI failures; no resolving commit landed. |