Brief Emitter mode still appears to be verbose when plugins are called ?
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Current evaluation
User asks whether BRIEF mode can suppress subprocess output passed through emit.open_stream(); maintainers confirmed subprocess output is intentionally echoed ephemerally in BRIEF and deferred the question of desired behaviour.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: lengau explicitly said "I'm not sure what the correct behaviour here is" and handed the decision to tigarmo after a meeting was scheduled; the issue is still unlabelled and unassigned with no follow-up in ~2.5 years. The code confirms open_stream() always writes to sys.stderr in BRIEF mode (messages.py:707-733, streaming_brief only adds prefixes), and lengau's own reproducer "works as intended" for him, so the root cause may lie in craft-parts' _create_and_run_script rather than a craft-cli defect — making this an unresolved expectation/design question needing a maintainer decision, not a confirmed bug.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
28
Quick Win:
4
Complexity:
58
Confidence:
72
Actionability:
30
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needs triage | User asks whether BRIEF mode can suppress subprocess output passed through emit.open_stream(); maintainers confirmed subprocess output is intentionally echoed ephemerally in BRIEF and deferred the question of desired behaviour. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
60
Quick Win:
21
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
50
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keep open | BRIEF mode with streaming_brief=False still shows verbose plugin output via open_stream. Maintainers are discussing expected behavior. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
35
Quick Win:
19
Staleness:
80
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
55
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needs triage | Question about whether open_stream() subprocess output should be suppressed in BRIEF emitter mode; moved from craft-parts to craft-cli, meeting scheduled to discuss expected behavior but no resolution recorded; code still shows subprocess output ephemerally in BRIEF mode. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
92
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
88
Support Request:
85
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close stale | Cross-repo discussion from over two years ago about output suppression in BRIEF emitter mode. Stalled without maintainer resolution or labels, representing a support expectation mismatch rather than a clear bug. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
60
Confidence:
45
Support Request:
75
|
needs triage | User reports verbose plugin output in BRIEF emitter mode despite streaming_brief=False. Discussion stalled over two years ago after a meeting was scheduled to clarify expected behavior. No labels or assignee. |
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Related work
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Related To:
craft-cli#166
(confidence 60%)
Commit c7e4492 'emitter: add streaming brief feature' introduced the streaming_brief flag whose interaction with open_stream is at the centre of this report; it adds prefixing but does not suppress stream output.
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Related To:
craft-cli#444
(confidence 35%)
Commit 2253735 'fix(messages): reset terminal style after open_stream' touches the same BRIEF-mode open_stream rendering path but only fixes terminal style reset, not output visibility.
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