Develop appstream handler
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Current evaluation
Closed without implementation. Zero comments or pull requests were created, indicating the appstream metadata extraction feature was abandoned. Snapcraft continues to require manual metadata specification in snapcraft.yaml.
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Estimate: 3 days
Currently Snapcraft requires all its metadata (snap name, version, etc.) to be specified in the snapcraft.yaml. However, lots of parts already contain such information, whether from a setup.py, XML, AppStream, etc.
I’m considering this task to only be for existing metadata (name, version, summary, etc.). Adding support for an AppStream ID etc. is a separate task.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without implementation. Zero comments or pull requests were created, indicating the appstream metadata extraction feature was abandoned. Snapcraft continues to require manual metadata specification in snapcraft.yaml. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | A feature request to develop an AppStream metadata handler for Snapcraft was closed without implementation or discussion. With zero comments and an eight-year gap since creation, the task was effectively abandoned. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | The AppStream handler feature to extract metadata from existing sources was closed without implementation or discussion. It appears abandoned, with no comments, fixes, or merges recorded over several years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed without implementation. The request to parse AppStream metadata was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity, with no pull requests or discussions initiated. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and abandoned without implementation. No pull request was merged, and the appstream metadata extraction feature remains unaddressed in Snapcraft. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1839197 mangled metadata posted to the store when using appstream | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Mangled appstream metadata in snap.yaml was reported but closed without resolution. No comments or patches were submitted, indicating the report was abandoned or resolved externally. | |
| #1852329 appstream parsing fails when comments exist | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Snapcraft fails to parse the appstream description when translator comments are present in the metainfo XML. Unlabelled, zero comments, no maintainer interaction, inactive for ~6.8 years. |