test: drop bzr spread tests
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Current evaluation
PR #5533 was merged, removing bzr spread tests after Launchpad’s Bazaar phase-out made its remotes unreachable; bzr support remains best-effort without remote coverage.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #5533 was merged, with commits 92afb36af and 839bd8222 removing 41 lines of bzr spread-test coverage from four files. Launchpad’s Bazaar shutdown made those tests unable to reach their remotes.
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Snapcraft supports bzr sources for core20 snaps. However, Launchpad is phasing out bzr support this year ([source](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting/62189)).
Phase 1 started today and our bzr spread tests are now failing to reach Launchpad.
This PR drops the tests for bzr. Support for bzr is now best-effort since we don't have bzr remotes to test against.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | PR #5533 was merged, removing bzr spread tests after Launchpad’s Bazaar phase-out made its remotes unreachable; bzr support remains best-effort without remote coverage. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #5533 (commits 92afb36af, 839bd8222) removed bzr spread tests after Launchpad began phasing out Bazaar, making bzr support best-effort without remote coverage. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged changes dropping bzr spread tests. Launchpad is phasing out bzr support, causing test failures. All CI checks passed and reviewers approved. Bzr support is now best-effort without remote test coverage. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged removal of bzr spread tests following Launchpad's bzr deprecation, which broke test connectivity. bzr support is now best-effort without remote validation. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5733 test: drop bzr spread tests (#5533) | snapcraft | closed | The unmerged hotfix/7.5 backport was closed stale; its Bazaar test removal had already merged in PR #5533 via 92afb36af and 839bd8222. | |
| #1128 tests: support bzr branches for external tests | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1128 added Bazaar branch support to external tests, resolving the test issue tracked by Launchpad bug #1663294. | |
| #1821 tests: use a simpler test for bzr and python | snapcraft | merged | Merged #1821 as commit 6454b22f4: python plugin bzr test switched from lp:curtin to a simpler ~snappy-dev-controlled bzr repo, fixing broken tests after curtin moved off bzr. |