Add exception for `tar-content` in `snapcraft help`
Metadata
Current evaluation
PR #668 was closed unmerged after a test failed on the missing tar-content module; a maintainer later closed it due to inactivity.
Resolution: closed stale
Reason: The proposed generic help handling was not merged because its test failed to import snapcraft.plugins.tar-content. On 2016-08-24, @sergiusens explicitly closed the PR due to inactivity.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Issue body
(This fixes bug [1604312](https://pad.lv/1604312))
This ensures that `snapcraft help tar-content` prints:
```
The plugin has no documentation
```
Instead of:
```
The plugin does not exist. Run `snapcraft list-plugins` to see the available plugins.
```
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | PR #668 was closed unmerged after a test failed on the missing tar-content module; a maintainer later closed it due to inactivity. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed stale | PR #668 proposed generic help handling for undocumented tar-content, but was closed stale after a missing-module test failure and further inactivity; it was not merged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Fix for snapcraft help tar-content output was closed due to inactivity. After reviewer requested generic improvements and CI failed on a missing module, the maintainer declined to merge. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Pull request to fix misleading help output was closed. After requested updates, a test failed due to a missing module. Maintainer closed it due to inactivity, leaving the bug unresolved. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1871 support .tar.lzma cleanly in snapcraft | snapcraft | closed | PR #1871 was closed unmerged on 13 Jan 2018 after a maintainer said the branch was not ready; it received no review or CI and did not add .tar.lzma support. | |
| #1794804 Remove the tar-content plugin | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Removed the deprecated tar-content plugin for base-based builds via snapcore/snapcraft#2319, committed as 0179ba6e0. |