snap: migrate to core18
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #2712 by maintainer sergiusens moved Snapcraft's own snap from base core to core18, landing as commit bd5be51a3 (8 files, +95/-42); it superseded the earlier closed attempt PR #2444.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The pull request itself was merged into master after review approval, landing as commit bd5be51a3 ('snap: migrate to core18'), changing the snapcraft snap base and its build definitions. It replaced the earlier unmerged attempt in PR #2444 ('snap: move to core18').
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Issue body
Signed-off-by: Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@canonical.com>
- [ ] Have you followed the [guidelines for contributing](https://github.com/snapcore/snapcraft/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)?
- [ ] Have you signed the [CLA](http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/contributors/)?
- [ ] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh static`?
- [ ] Have you successfully run `./runtests.sh tests/unit`?
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #2712 by maintainer sergiusens moved Snapcraft's own snap from base core to core18, landing as commit bd5be51a3 (8 files, +95/-42); it superseded the earlier closed attempt PR #2444. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft's snap packaging moved to core18 via merged PR #2712, landing as commit bd5be51a3; eight files changed. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #2712 migrated Snapcraft’s snap packaging to the core18 base, updating 8 files with 95 additions and 42 deletions. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged the snap packaging migration to the core18 base. Approved by one reviewer, the update modified 8 files with 95 additions and 42 deletions, signed off by maintainer sergiusens. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Migrated the snap build environment to Ubuntu Core 18. Successfully merged by maintainer sergiusens, updating the base snap configuration to core18. |
Update history
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft#3579
(confidence 85%)
Later 'snap: move base to core20' (commit 18a974e01) continued the same base-bump chain begun here.
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Related To:
snapcraft#3583
(confidence 70%)
Build providers were updated to inject the new core18 base, a direct downstream consequence of this migration.
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Related To:
snapcraft#4186
(confidence 65%)
The same snap base was later migrated onward to core22 (commit 60033305b), completing the bump sequence.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2444 snap: move to core18 | snapcraft | closed | Superseded by merged PR #2712, which moved Snapcraft's snap from core to core18 in commit bd5be51a3. | |
| #4186 snap: migrate to core22 | snapcraft | merged | PR #4186 merged, moving the Snapcraft snap's own build environment to base core22 (8 files, +71/-70), landing as commit 60033305b and closing the core22 migration issue #4166. | |
| #4166 Migrate Snapcraft to core22 | snapcraft | closed | Snapcraft's own snap was migrated to base core22 by merged PR #4186 (commit 60033305b, 8 files, +71/-70), closing this tracking issue. | |
| #3579 snap: move base to core20 (CRAFT-509) | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #3579 via ed2baf8bd, moving Snapcraft's own snap to the core20 base; implementation commit 18a974e01. | |
| #4177 core18: removal | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR snapcore/snapcraft#4177 (May 2023) dropped core18 base support and its unit/spread tests, fixing #4165 via commits 40136ea9b, 77edc734b and ed423b6a8; core18 was EOL. | |
| #2883 docker: add core18 snap that snapcraft now uses as a base | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2883 as commit 6bd9dac10, adding core18 to Docker images as Snapcraft's base and updating related comments. | |
| #2720 remote build: switch from core to core18 | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2720 switched remote builds from core to core18, aligning them with Snapcraft edge; landed as commit d2b36b2f4. | |
| #1939713 snapcraft init create base: core18 snap | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Snapcraft init was updated to scaffold core20 instead of core18 by merged canonical/snapcraft#3587 (merge commit f91632aab). | |
| #2520 snap: set core as a base | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2520 as commit ed57b4bbf, setting Snapcraft's own snap base to core so it could use functionality from Craft 3.x. | |
| #4165 Remove core18 from Snapcraft | snapcraft | closed | Core18 support was removed by merged PR #4177 in commits 40136ea9b, 77edc734b, and ed423b6a8; remaining electron-builder cleanup was tracked in #4182. |