remote build: legacy builder should give a friendly error when passing `--project`
Metadata
Current evaluation
Closed as won't fix: maintainer mr-cal said the UX tweak wasn't critical because the legacy remote builder is being removed in Snapcraft 9. That removal landed in merged PR #5994 (commit b08f1a66e), closing #5676.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: mr-cal closed the enhancement as "won't fix" on 2026-01-27, reasoning the legacy remote builder would be removed within weeks in Snapcraft 9. That decommissioning happened in merged PR #5994 (commit b08f1a66e, "chore!: remove legacy remote builder"), so no friendly-error handling was added.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
No scores available.
Issue body
### What needs to get done
If `--project` is passed to the legacy remote builder, an error message should explain that `--project` is only supported for the new remote builder.
### Why it needs to get done
To improve the UX.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Closed as won't fix: maintainer mr-cal said the UX tweak wasn't critical because the legacy remote builder is being removed in Snapcraft 9. That removal landed in merged PR #5994 (commit b08f1a66e), closing #5676. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | Won't fix: maintainer planned removal of the legacy remote builder in Snapcraft 9 a few weeks after closing this UX enhancement. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Marked as won't fix. The legacy remote builder is being removed in Snapcraft 9, making the requested error message enhancement unnecessary. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Won't fix. The legacy remote builder will be removed in Snapcraft 9, making the requested error message unnecessary. Issue closed without implementation. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Marked won't fix. The legacy remote builder is being removed in Snapcraft 9, making the requested error message unnecessary. Issue closed without implementation. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Won't fix. The legacy remote builder is being removed in Snapcraft 9, making the requested friendly error message unnecessary. |
Update history
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Related work
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Superseded By:
snapcraft#5994
(confidence 92%)
Merged PR removing the legacy remote builder in Snapcraft 9 (b08f1a66e), eliminating the code path this issue targeted.
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Related To:
snapcraft#5676
(confidence 80%)
Tracking issue for removing the legacy remote builder, the rationale cited for closing this one.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #4365 remote-build: legacy builder complains about the wrong part name | snapcraft | closed | Core22 snaps hit a bogus schema error in the legacy remote-build fallback. Closed as "won't fix" by mr-cal on 2026-01-27; the legacy remote builder was removed in #5994 and #6010 for Snapcraft 9. | |
| #5676 remote build: remove legacy remote builder | snapcraft | closed | Fixed in merged PR #5994 (commit b08f1a66e) for Snapcraft 9.0 by removing the legacy remote builder, selection logic, strategy env var, and legacy credential support. | |
| #4144 remote build: legacy builder cannot parse core22 snapcraft.yaml syntax | snapcraft | closed | Marked won't fix: legacy-builder schema support was descoped in favor of the new remote builder, which accepts build-for; legacy support was removed by PR #5994 in Snapcraft 9. | |
| #5994 chore!: remove legacy remote builder | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #5994 as b08f1a66e, removing the legacy remote builder and closing #5676 for Snapcraft 9.0. | |
| #4471 remote build: legacy builder doesn't send icon to Launchpad | snapcraft | closed | Closed won't fix: the current remote builder handles root-level icons; the affected legacy builder was removed in Snapcraft 9 by #5994 (b08f1a66e). | |
| #5713 remote builder: legacy help text should never be shown | snapcraft | closed | Closed as a no-op after #5676 was completed by merged PR #5994 (b08f1a66e), which removed the legacy remote builder and its core20 help path. | |
| #337 remote build: improve UX when credentials don't exist | craft-application | closed | Closed by maintainer mr-cal (2024-08-29) as not planned: remote-build in CI is unsupported, CI builds should use snapcraft.io. lengau asked about interactive SSH sessions; mr-cal deferred the decision to sergiusens and no fix landed. | |
| #1979154 remote-build spams terminal | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Legacy remote-build progress output spammed terminals in Snapcraft 7.0.7; the legacy builder was removed in Snapcraft 9.0, so the affected code path no longer exists. | |
| #2006445 remote-build is not copying files from root of repository | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed as no longer reproducible with Snapcraft 9's new remote builder; the legacy builder was removed in snapcraft#5994, with no targeted copy fix recorded. |