Explain the new way to provide snap icons.
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Current evaluation
Merged guidance clarifying the supported way to provide snap icons in snapcraft.yaml, resolving LP #1561327 (merge 4073f89fc).
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #409 was merged in commit 4073f89fc, incorporating documentation change d460d9db1 to explain the new icon configuration method.
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Issue body
LP: #1561327
Signed-off-by: Sergio Schvezov sergio.schvezov@ubuntu.com
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged guidance clarifying the supported way to provide snap icons in snapcraft.yaml, resolving LP #1561327 (merge 4073f89fc). | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #409 (d460d9db1), documenting setup/gui as the way to provide snap icons and resolving LP #1561327. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged into master after receiving approvals and passing coverage checks. The update documents the new method for providing snap icons, resolving Launchpad bug #1561327. Changes include 31 additions and one deletion across two files. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged into master after maintainer approvals. The change explains the new method for providing snap icons, addressing Launchpad bug #1561327. Code coverage remained stable at 95.88% during review. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1662034 Adding "icon" filed in the snapcraft.yaml template to define a package icon | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | The current `snapcraft init` template still omits icon guidance; the maintainer suggested a commented-out icon option, but no implementation followed. | |
| #914 meta: icon is now dedeprecated | snapcraft | merged | PR #914 merged as commit 4a4435cbe, re-deprecating the icon deprecation: the icon entry in snapcraft.yaml is again the preferred method, overriding any icon in the setup directory (LP: #1610268). | |
| #1578231 Your first snap: Use of icon in snapcraft.yaml is deprecated | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Docs fixed in canonical/snapcraft#542 (commit a9f2a7d7a): the 'Your first snap' tutorial now tells users to place icon.png/icon.svg under setup/gui instead of the deprecated icon key. Shipped in snapcraft 2.10+16.10 and 2.10.1. | |
| #542 Updated the documentation about the icon. | snapcraft | merged | Docs-only PR merged as a9f2a7d7a: tutorial no longer tells users to set `icon` in snapcraft.yaml (deprecated) but to place icon.svg/icon.png under setup/gui. Closes LP bug #1578231. |