Migrate Snapcraft to core22
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Current evaluation
Snapcraft's own snap was migrated to base core22 by merged PR #4186 (commit 60033305b, 8 files, +71/-70), closing this tracking issue.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #4186 'snap: migrate to core22' was merged, landing as commit 60033305b which updated the snap's build base and adapted snap/snapcraft.yaml; the maintainer closed #4166 citing 'Closed by #4186'. The migration was later superseded by #5136 (2e7f5c3b9) moving the snap to core24.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
### What needs to get done
Migrate to core22; adapt snapcraft.yaml to newer features and make use of the wheel factory snap for sped up building.
### Why it needs to get done
- Newer python features
- up to date base
- product alignment
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft's own snap was migrated to base core22 by merged PR #4186 (commit 60033305b, 8 files, +71/-70), closing this tracking issue. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Snapcraft’s build environment migrated to core22 through merged PR #4186, landing as commit 60033305b. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Migrated Snapcraft to core22 by updating snapcraft.yaml and integrating the wheel factory snap for faster builds. Completed and closed via pull request #4186. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Migrated Snapcraft to core22, adapting snapcraft.yaml and integrating the wheel factory snap for faster builds. The task was completed and merged via pull request #4186. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Migrated Snapcraft to the core22 base, updating snapcraft.yaml and implementing the wheel factory snap for faster builds. Completed and closed via pull request #4186, enabling newer Python features and an updated base. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Migrated Snapcraft to core22, adapting snapcraft.yaml and implementing the wheel factory snap for faster builds. Resolved and closed via merged pull request #4186. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Migrated Snapcraft to core22, updating snapcraft.yaml and implementing the wheel factory snap for accelerated builds. Completed and closed via pull request #4186, providing an up-to-date base and newer Python support. |
Update history
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
snapcraft#4186
(confidence 98%)
Merged PR that migrated the Snapcraft snap to core22 as commit 60033305b and closed the issue.
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Related To:
snapcraft#5136
(confidence 80%)
Later PR (2e7f5c3b9) migrated snapcraft itself from core22 to core24, superseding this work.
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Related To:
snapcraft#4118
(confidence 55%)
Prior commit 4afc9e4c9 made 'snapcraft init' default to core22, aligning with the base migration goal.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. | |
| #2712 snap: migrate to core18 | snapcraft | merged | 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. | |
| #1320 Migrate to core22 | charmcraft | closed | Charmcraft’s core22 migration landed via #1321, commit e83fc1a9, updating the snap base from core20 to core22. | |
| #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. | |
| #2444 snap: move to core18 | snapcraft | closed | Superseded by merged PR #2712, which moved Snapcraft's snap from core to core18 in commit bd5be51a3. | |
| #373 Migrate to core22 | rockcraft | closed | Migrated the Rockcraft snap from core20 to core22 in merged PR #368 (commit 318ecdf8), resolving #373. | |
| #1339 chore: migrate snap from core20 to core22 | charmcraft | closed | PR #1339 (core20→core22 snap migration) was closed unmerged; the same work landed via merged PR #1321, commit e83fc1a9 "chore(snap): base migration from core20 to core22", resolving issue #1320. | |
| #368 chore(snap): base migration from core20 to core22 | rockcraft | merged | Merged into main as commit 318ecdf8, migrating the rockcraft snap base from core20 to core22 (snap/snapcraft.yaml, +113/-24 across 4 files). Closes issue #373 (CRAFT-2118). Review status: approved with 2 reviewers. | |
| #4118 init: use core22 base for `snapcraft init` | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #4118 (mr-cal, CRAFT-1670): snapcraft init now scaffolds core22 as the default base instead of core20, with the command moved from snapcraft_legacy/ to snapcraft/ and a spread test added. Squash-merged as 4afc9e4c9. | |
| #4039 [EXPERIMENTAL] packaging: update snap base to core22 | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged; the core22 migration was completed later by merged PR #4186 (commit 60033305b). |