lp 1768233 workaround for plainbox_provider plugin
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #2140, restoring plainbox-provider Checkbox builds by adding pip, setuptools and wheel as stage-packages, with an integration test (commit d932f0fc6).
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #2140 was merged with the workaround for Launchpad bug 1768233. Commit d932f0fc6 added the required Python build packages and an integration test.
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Launchpad bug 1768233 discussed a problem that was encountered when building checkbox snaps using the plainbox-provider plugin. This PR includes the workaround discussed so builds can begin working again. Integration test included for the original report.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #2140, restoring plainbox-provider Checkbox builds by adding pip, setuptools and wheel as stage-packages, with an integration test (commit d932f0fc6). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #2140, adding the Launchpad bug 1768233 workaround so plainbox-provider can build Checkbox snaps again, plus an integration test. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a workaround for Launchpad bug 1768233 to fix plainbox-provider plugin failures blocking checkbox snap builds. Includes integration tests, passed CI with 100% diff coverage, and was approved before merging into master. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into master. Implements a workaround for Launchpad bug 1768233 affecting the plainbox-provider plugin. Includes an integration test and achieved 100% diff coverage. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #609 Create Plainbox Provider plugin | snapcraft | merged | Merged as commit 2b8ace75b, adding the Plainbox Provider plugin, Checkbox integration tests, and a missing Python dependency in the demo snap. | |
| #1552369 Add a plugin for Plainbox Providers | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Upstream Plainbox Provider support was merged via canonical/snapcraft#609 (commit 2b8ace75b), adding the plugin and Checkbox integration tests. | |
| #1931 No plainbox | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1931 (b7d3662a4), replacing obsolete Plainbox app and test parts with checkbox-cli/checkbox-ng and removing Plainbox from provider tests. | |
| #364 Create Plainbox Provider plugin | snapcraft | closed | Plainbox Provider plugin PR by jocave was closed by sergiusens (2016-05-27) over build/stage-package and PYTHONPATH concerns; the work was later merged via PR #609 (commit 2b8ace75b). | |
| #1889 tests: remove plainbox part from plugin tests | snapcraft | merged | Merged #1889 (commit df9f7f795), removing the obsolete plainbox part from plugin tests after Plainbox was folded into Checkbox, fixing integration-test failures. | |
| #1626587 plainbox-provider plugin python shebangs are mismatched | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by merged PR #823 (a7771b8e4), adding plainbox-provider shebang rewriting; PR #830 (60e29ef1b) then narrowed Python-plugin rewriting and removed remaining conflicts. | |
| #1611 plainbox-provider plugin: init PROVIDERPATH | snapcraft | merged | Merged #1611 as 467e3f040, initializing PROVIDERPATH so build-host providers cannot affect plainbox-provider validation; fixes LP #1722833. | |
| #3273 spread tests: lock down setuptools for plainbox | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #3273 as 0e8f34a5f, updating Plainbox spread tests to use Python’s standard-library distutils instead of setuptools. | |
| #1139 plainbox-provider plugin: filter out sitecustomize | snapcraft | merged | Merged in #1139 via c861ed976, filtering sitecustomize.py from plainbox-provider stage-packages to prevent conflicts and retain the plugin's functional copy (LP #1663792). | |
| #1796000 plainbox test failure | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Plainbox/checkbox exporter failure was fixed by updating the checkbox-ng dependency in the plainbox spread run (commit bcf9ba69d); the maintainer closed the issue as already fixed. |