docs: update supported bases
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Current evaluation
Merged documentation update reflecting Snapcraft 9 as the preferred version for core22, core24, and core26 bases. Approved by three reviewers and passed CI checks.
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Issue body
Updates the docs to reflect that Snapcraft 9 is the preferred version for core22, core24, and core26.
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- [x] I've updated the relevant release notes.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged documentation update reflecting Snapcraft 9 as the preferred version for core22, core24, and core26 bases. Approved by three reviewers and passed CI checks. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged documentation update specifying Snapcraft 9 as the preferred version for core22, core24, and core26 bases. Maintainer mr-cal applied changes without discussion, aligning release notes and documentation with current supported configurations. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6150 docs: use core26 as the default base | snapcraft | merged | Merged documentation updates for Snapcraft 9, setting core26 as the default base and standardizing terminology. Approved by two reviewers and passed CI checks. Force-pushed to resolve a squash-merge email error before final merge. | |
| #6240 feat: recommend Snapcraft 9.x for core22, core24, and core26 bases | snapcraft | open | Adds a warning recommending Snapcraft 9.x for core22/core24/core26 bases. Approved by 1 reviewer but has 5 unresolved review comments and 4 failing CI checks. No activity for ~4 months. Closes #4958. | |
| #3579 snap: move base to core20 (CRAFT-509) | snapcraft | merged | Merged updates the snap base to core20. Approved by two reviewers with passing CI checks. Changes affect 13 files, increase coverage by 0.07%, and update initialization templates to core20. | |
| #5409 docs: migrate 'migrate between bases' | snapcraft | merged | Merged after reviewer approval and CI validation. The pull request migrated documentation for changing Snapcraft bases, restructuring the content into a dedicated how-to guide as agreed in comments. | |
| #4118 init: use core22 base for `snapcraft init` | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Updates snapcraft init to use core22 as the default base instead of core20. The command was relocated from snapcraft_legacy to snapcraft, and a spread test was added. Approved by reviewer and passed CI. | |
| #3583 build providers: snapcraft's new base is core20 (CRAFT-544) | snapcraft | merged | Merged into master. Replaced core18 injection with core20 as the new snapcraft base. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI, and achieved 100% diff coverage. | |
| #4274 bases: improve errors for ESM bases | snapcraft | merged | Merged into main. Updates error handling for deprecated ESM bases to reference the specific Snapcraft version and channel where they were supported. Resolves #4246. Approved by reviewer and passed CI. | |
| #5388 fix: don't fail when checking the base | snapcraft | merged | Merged a fix preventing snapcraft from failing early during base checks. Enables user-friendly error reporting for incorrect bases. Approved by two reviewers and merged with 10 additions and 30 deletions across three files. | |
| #6193 fix: snapcraft try error shows effective base | snapcraft | merged | Merged fix for #6186 that updates the snapcraft try error message to accurately display the effective base using get_effective_base(). Approved by reviewers and merged with added unit tests for core24 and core26. | |
| #2499 many: support for "base: core" in snapcraft.yaml | snapcraft | merged | Added support for base: core in snapcraft.yaml. Merged after approval and passing CI checks. Modified 43 files with a net change of +224/-75 lines. |