Add option to clean all parts
Metadata
Current evaluation
Add a snapcraft clean flag to remove all build parts without destroying the container, enabling full rebuilds while preserving the environment. Open, untriaged, and inactive for over three years with no comments.
Suggested action: close stale
Reason: The issue is over 3.5 years old with zero comments or maintainer engagement, strongly indicating it is no longer relevant or has been superseded by newer project versions. While it is a straightforward feature request, the extreme inactivity and lack of prioritization warrant closing as stale.
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
Issue body
Currently, executing a "snapcraft clean" will destroy any container used to build a snap. There is the option of using "snapcraft clean PART_NAME", and that will just clean that part and rebuild it and any part that depends on it. Unfortunately, there is no way of cleaning all the parts to trigger a full rebuild without deleting the container and having to pull all the snaps and packages needed to build the container.
So, it would be useful to add "snapcraft clean --parts-only" or "snapcraft clean --all-parts" to just clean all the parts but without destroying the container.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 06:11:58.316351+00:00 | qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
15
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
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close stale | Add a snapcraft clean flag to remove all build parts without destroying the container, enabling full rebuilds while preserving the environment. Open, untriaged, and inactive for over three years with no comments. |
| 2026-06-19 06:08:46.702841+00:00 | pending | — | — | — |