extensions: simplifies the platform plug

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Project: snapcraft
Number: #5109
Type: pull request
State: open
Author: soumyaDghosh
Labels: —
Created: 2024-10-10 06:02 PM UTC
Updated: 2025-09-05 09:13 PM UTC
Closed: —

Current evaluation

Makes desktop launch platform-aware and restores configurable PLATFORM_PLUG handling in four files. It has two approvals and no unresolved comments; #5092 has merged, but no revalidation or CI results are shown.

Suggested action: needs review

Reason: With two approvals and zero unresolved review comments, the change is ready for maintainer re-review. The author said to wait for #5092 and rework afterward; that PR is now merged, but this PR has had no activity for 391 days and reports no CI checks, so it needs an updated diff and test run before landing.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 45 Quick Win: 20 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 82 Actionability: 62

Issue body

- [x] Have you followed the [guidelines for contributing](https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)? - [x] Have you signed the [CLA](http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/contributors/)? - [x] Have you successfully run `tox run -m lint`? - [x] Have you successfully run `tox run -e test-py310`? (supported versions: `py39`, `py310`, `py311`, `py312`) ----- This PR simplifies the desktop command chain approach, also adds support for separate Platform plug which was also used previously. Better to merge this before #5092

Evaluation history

Date	Model	Scores	Action	Summary
2026-10-02 05:19 PM UTC	stealth/space-bunny-alpha	Impact: 45 Quick Win: 20 Complexity: 30 Confidence: 82 Actionability: 62	needs review	Makes desktop launch platform-aware and restores configurable PLATFORM_PLUG handling in four files. It has two approvals and no unresolved comments; #5092 has merged, but no revalidation or CI results are shown.
2026-09-20 03:35 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Impact: 30 Quick Win: 0 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 70 Actionability: 0	close stale	Simplifies the platform plug by making the gnome-platform path configurable in the desktop extension command-chain. Approved by 2 reviewers but inactive for 379 days.
2026-09-01 03:02 AM UTC	qwen/qwen3.8-27b	Impact: 35 Quick Win: 26 Staleness: 65 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 72	needs review	Simplifies desktop command chain and makes platform plug configurable instead of hardcoded gnome-platform path. Approved by 2 reviewers, but author deferred rework pending #5092 which has now merged. No activity in 360 days.
2026-07-22 12:14 PM UTC	qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b	Staleness: 85 Complexity: 10 Confidence: 90	keep open	Approved PR simplifying platform plug path configuration. Currently blocked by PR #5092 per maintainer request, with no recent updates.
2026-07-08 05:40 PM UTC	qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6	Staleness: 90 Complexity: 40 Confidence: 85	close stale	Simplifies desktop command chain and makes platform plug path configurable. Blocked on PR #5092 and awaiting rework. Inactive for 10 months.

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Related work

Related To: snapcraft#5092 (confidence 96%)
The author explicitly said this PR should wait for #5092 and be reworked after it landed; #5092 is now merged.

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