core18: removal
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Merged after two approvals and passing CI. Removes core18 support, resolving issue #4165. Changes span 528 files, deleting over 37,000 lines. Temporary core20 test fixes ensured CI passed prior to merge.
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Fixes #4165
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged after two approvals and passing CI. Removes core18 support, resolving issue #4165. Changes span 528 files, deleting over 37,000 lines. Temporary core20 test fixes ensured CI passed prior to merge. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged removal of core18 support, resolving issue #4165. Core18 and core20 are deprecated due to discontinued security updates. Test prerequisites were temporarily restored to pass CI before final cleanup. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged removal of core18 support from snapcraft, resolving issue #4165. CI tests temporarily restored core20 content packs for validation before final cleanup, aligning with the official end of support for both core18 and core20 bases. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2717 build providers: inject core18 instead of core | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Updates build providers to inject core18 instead of core. Approved by one reviewer with passing CI checks. Changes modify two files with seven additions and seven deletions. | |
| #6009 test: remove core20 spread tests | snapcraft | merged | Merged removal of core20 spread tests and migration of related cases to core22 and core24. This update unblocks core20 deprecation for Snapcraft 9 and improves modern test coverage. | |
| #3269 spread tests: remove references of core16 | snapcraft | merged | Merged after single reviewer approval. The change removes all core16 references from the spread test suite, updating three files with a net reduction of eight lines. Changes were integrated into the main branch. | |
| #4279 repos: revert package-repositories changes for core18 and core20 | snapcraft | merged | Merged a revert of package-repositories changes for core18 and core20 to restore original pre-craft-archives support. Approved, passed CI, and merged into hotfix/7.5, modifying 13 files with 2019 additions and 16 deletions. | |
| #4642 fix(application): fallback earlier for managed core20 | snapcraft | merged | Merged a fix to fallback earlier for managed core20. The pull request modified 3 files (+34/-20 lines), passed CI checks and code coverage, and received approval from two reviewers before being merged. | |
| #6270 docs: remove references to core18 | snapcraft | open | Documentation cleanup to remove core18 references outside release information. Triaged, someone volunteered to work on it, and PR #6292 is addressing this. | |
| #2720 remote build: switch from core to core18 | snapcraft | merged | Merged change switches remote build base from core to core18, aligning with snapcraft edge. Approved, passed CI, and modified one file. | |
| #4141 spread: let the core18 base test run longer | snapcraft | merged | Merged into main. Extends core18 base test timeout to resolve issue #4140. Approved and passed CI checks. | |
| #3138 project: add core20 linker version | snapcraft | merged | Approved and passed CI checks, the change adding core20 linker version support was merged into the main branch with a single two-line file modification. | |
| #6019 chore!: drop core20 | snapcraft | merged | Squash merged to drop core20 snap build support. Removes legacy entry points and resolves #5675. Unrelated CI failures were acknowledged. |