Stabilize core26
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Current evaluation
Core26 stabilization landed in merged PR #6225 (df4418f67), enabling stable builds and removing devel build-base and grade requirements.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: PR #6225 was merged as commit df4418f67, adding stable core26 support and explicitly fixing this request. The change also updates the core26 tests and documentation.
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Issue body
### Check existing issues
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### Request
Once core26 goes stable, Snapcraft should drop the `devel` requirement.
- Drop `build-base: devel` and `grade: devel` requirements from the project model.
- Update any spread tests installing non-stable versions of core26
- Reflect this update in core26's tests and documentation.
### The problem it solves
To allow publishing core26 snaps to the stable risk.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Core26 stabilization landed in merged PR #6225 (df4418f67), enabling stable builds and removing devel build-base and grade requirements. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Core26 stabilization was merged in canonical/snapcraft#6225 (commit df4418f67), enabling stable core26 builds and removing the build-base/grade devel requirements. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Fixed by merged PR canonical/snapcraft#6225 (df4418f67), enabling stable core26 builds and removing devel requirements. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Stable core26 support merged in canonical/snapcraft#6225 (df4418f67), removing devel requirements and enabling stable core26 builds. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Core26 was stabilized by removing its devel build-base/grade requirements and updating tests and documentation in PR #6225 (commit df4418f67). | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution and synced to Jira ticket SNAPCRAFT-1308. No code changes or merge occurred. The request to drop core26 devel requirements remains tracked externally. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and migrated to Jira ticket SNAPCRAFT-1308. No repository changes, merges, or fixes were applied. The request to drop core26 devel requirements remains tracked externally. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed and routed to Jira (SNAPCRAFT-1308). No code changes were applied. The request to remove devel requirements for stable core26 was deferred to internal tracking. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Closed and linked to internal Jira ticket SNAPCRAFT-1308. The request to drop devel requirements for core26 was deferred to internal tracking instead of being directly resolved or merged. |
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Related work
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Likely Fixed By:
canonical/snapcraft#6225
(confidence 100%)
Merged PR containing stable core26 support in commit df4418f67.
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#6182
(confidence 90%)
Earlier unmerged experimental core26 support that was superseded by PR #6225.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6225 feat: stable core26 support | snapcraft | merged | Merged #6225 as df4418f67, enabling stable core26 snap builds; it fixes #6088 and supersedes the earlier experimental support in #6182. | |
| #6177 feat: allow building stable base snaps | snapcraft | closed | Closed unmerged in favor of #6147 and a separate early-core26 branch; stable core26 support later merged in #6225 at df4418f67. | |
| #6182 [experimental] feat: early core26 support | snapcraft | closed | Experimental early core26 support PR closed unmerged; superseded by #6225 (commit df4418f67) which shipped stable core26 support, after the core26 spread test suite landed in #6202. | |
| #1200 feat: stabilize ubuntu@26.04 build-base | rockcraft | merged | Merged PR #1200 as ad7df6a0, stabilizing ubuntu@26.04 build-base support with all CI checks passing. | |
| #5677 Add core26 support | snapcraft | closed | Core26 support was merged via snapcraft#5767 (commit 3b9705baf), adding devel gating, core24-or-newer handling, tests, and a core26 spread suite. |