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Broken Link in CONTRIBUTING.MD

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Project
snapcraft
Number
#5580
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
Felipe-Ma
Labels
Status: Triaged Type: Documentation
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Updated
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Current evaluation

Merged PR #5578 (commit 889bd6c79) refreshed CONTRIBUTING.md and removed the obsolete TESTING.MD link.

Resolution: closed resolved

Reason: A maintainer identified PR #5578 as the resolution. It was merged as commit 889bd6c79, updating CONTRIBUTING.md and eliminating the broken reference.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

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Issue body

### What needs to get done In `CONTRIBUTING.MD`, there is a reference to a file called `TESTING.MD`: However, `TESTING.MD` does not appear to exist in the repository. ### Why it needs to get done New contributors like myself may follow the contribution guide and expect to find testing instructions in `TESTING.MD`, but currently they will encounter a broken link. This can cause confusion for first-time contributors to validate their changes.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Merged PR #5578 (commit 889bd6c79) refreshed CONTRIBUTING.md and removed the obsolete TESTING.MD link.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed superseded Closed as superseded by merged PR #5578, which updated CONTRIBUTING.md and removed the obsolete TESTING.MD link (commit 889bd6c79).
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed as superseded. The broken link to TESTING.MD in CONTRIBUTING.MD will be indirectly resolved by PR #5578, which updates the documentation structure.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — The broken link to TESTING.MD in CONTRIBUTING.MD was closed as superseded. A maintainer confirmed the issue will be resolved indirectly by PR #5578, which updates the documentation structure.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — A broken link to TESTING.MD in CONTRIBUTING.MD was resolved indirectly by PR #5578. The report was closed as superseded after the referenced PR addressed the underlying documentation changes.

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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: canonical/snapcraft#5578 (confidence 100%)

    Merged documentation update that fixed the stale CONTRIBUTING.md reference.

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#6055 TESTING document missing from the source tree snapcraft closed Reporter flagged CODE_STYLE.md linking to a missing TESTING.md. Maintainers judged CODE_STYLE.md outdated and deleted it in favour of CONTRIBUTING.md; fixed by merged PR #6057 (86b89379a).
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#1052 docs: Update README.md contributing link rockcraft merged Merged PR #1052 (commit 509abf1a) fixed the broken contributing link in README.md, pointing it to CONTRIBUTING.md instead of the stale URL. Docs-only, +1/-1 lines; approved by 3 reviewers.
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