Update HACKING.md
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Docs-only PR merged as commit bccc3e4f9 ("Update HACKING.md (#910)", Nov 2016): dropped an obsolete testing section and relocated the testing instructions after the dependency-install steps in HACKING.md.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The PR itself was the fix and was merged to the default branch as commit bccc3e4f9, confirmed by the HACKING.md history entry "Update HACKING.md (#910)" and the recorded merge state with +16/-32 lines. It reordered and trimmed the testing/dependency instructions in HACKING.md as described in the PR body.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
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| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Docs-only PR merged as commit bccc3e4f9 ("Update HACKING.md (#910)", Nov 2016): dropped an obsolete testing section and relocated the testing instructions after the dependency-install steps in HACKING.md. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged #910 (commit bccc3e4f9), removing obsolete HACKING.md testing instructions and relocating them after dependency setup. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a documentation update to HACKING.md that removes an obsolete testing section and relocates it after dependency installation. The change was approved by a reviewer with a follow-up question. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged an update to HACKING.md that moves an obsolete testing section to the end, placing it after dependency installation instructions. Approved with a minor question. |
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Related work
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#1394
(confidence 70%)
Follow-up commit ddf06b948 "tests: document the test suites in the snapcraft repo (#1394)" later fleshed out the test documentation that #910 only repositioned.
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Related To:
canonical/snapcraft#1274
(confidence 55%)
Commit 9eb229928 "docs: simple explanation of what the test groups mean. (#1274)" further clarified the test groups described in the relocated HACKING.md section.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #55 Add hacking to README.md | snapcraft | merged | Docs-only PR by ted-gould merged via commit 35af890e6, adding the hacking project to README.md (+1/-1). Approved by sergiusens (:+1:) on 2015-10-30. | |
| #1311 add missing VCS dependencies to HACKING.md | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #1311 in commit 034cb615d9, adding omitted VCS packages to HACKING.md so the documented test setup included the required dependencies. | |
| #564 Changed apt-get to apt in HACKING.md | snapcraft | merged | Docs-only PR: HACKING.md switched from apt-get to apt for setup instructions. Merged as commit 14bbd1bf7 ("Change apt-get to apt in HACKING.md (#564)"), addressing Launchpad bug 1591421. | |
| #162 docs(HACKING): update commit message guidelines | starbase | merged | Merged PR #162 into main via commit 4b2c78e, making HACKING commit-message guidance more descriptive and authoritative. | |
| #229 Move HACKING.rst to readthedocs | starbase | closed | Resolved by merged PR #448 (commit ebfec44), replacing HACKING.md with a reusable CONTRIBUTING.md contribution guide. | |
| #2725 Update HACKING.md | snapcraft | closed | The unmerged two-line HACKING.md update was left at pending review with no comments or CI, and repository history shows no resolving commit for #2725. | |
| #215 docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md | imagecraft | merged | Merged PR #215 in commit b0aa9f2, replacing HACKING.md with a 312-line CONTRIBUTING.md aligned to the project's contribution model. | |
| #1625236 the testing docs in the HACKING file are incomplete and outdated | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Testing docs were refreshed by merged PR #910 (commit bccc3e4f9); PR #1394 later added fuller explanations of Snapcraft's test suites. | |
| #791 docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md | craft-application | merged | Docs-only PR #791 merged as commit 60bc3fae, rewriting CONTRIBUTING.md (+278/-319, 3 files) and deleting HACKING.md. Approved by 2 reviewers; only the OSV-scanner check failed. | |
| #297 (draft): docs: reformat README, add HACKING | craft-providers | closed | Superseded by merged PR #296; its README.rst conversion and HACKING.rst documentation landed in commit 1e16ba5. |