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go plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1237
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Type: Enhancement Status: Needs information
Created
Updated
Closed
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Current evaluation

Adding disable-parallel support to the Go plugin remains open and low priority, pending a concrete real-world use case or application that fails with parallel builds.

Suggested action: needs triage

Reason: The Status: Needs information label and the author's explicit request for a real-world failing case show that implementation readiness is still blocked by missing evidence. The requested behavior is well understood and the Go plugin currently always passes parallel_build_count to go install -p, but its practical impact remains unclear without a reproducer.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

Impact: 25 Quick Win: 9 Complexity: 20 Confidence: 88 Actionability: 45

Issue body

### What needs to get done Support the [disable-parallel](https://canonical-craft-parts.readthedocs-hosted.com/latest/common/craft-parts/reference/part_properties/#disable-parallel) part property in the go plugin. ### Why it needs to get done All of our plugins should theoretically support this. In practice though, this is extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case for it. If someone can bring us a real-world use case that we can test against (especially a case of "this application simply does not build with parallel"), that would be ideal. The [autotools plugin](https://github.com/canonical/craft-parts/pull/1167) required this for OpenJDK builds, for example.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha
Impact: 25
Quick Win: 9
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 88
Actionability: 45
needs triage Adding disable-parallel support to the Go plugin remains open and low priority, pending a concrete real-world use case or application that fails with parallel builds.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha
Impact: 15
Quick Win: 4
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 82
Actionability: 30
keep open Request to add `disable-parallel` part property support to the go plugin. Maintainer-authored, labelled Status: Needs information, explicitly deferred as "extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case". No implementation or comments for 395 days.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Impact: 30
Quick Win: 13
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 70
Actionability: 60
keep open Add disable-parallel part property support to the go plugin. Low-priority enhancement awaiting a real-world use case.
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 15
Quick Win: 11
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 10
close stale Go plugin lacks disable-parallel support. Filed by maintainer as low-priority enhancement, labeled Needs information, explicitly awaiting a real-world use case that never arrived in 363 days of zero activity.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
close stale Request to add disable-parallel support to the go plugin. Currently unaddressed and awaiting a real-world use case or test scenario from the community.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 0
close stale Enhancement to add disable-parallel support to the go plugin. Labeled needs information, awaiting a real-world use case for testing. No activity in over 10 months.

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Related work

  • Related To: canonical/craft-parts#1167 (confidence 95%)

    The issue cites the autotools disable-parallel implementation, merged as commit 7dfd1bf7, as a precedent required for OpenJDK builds.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1234 (confidence 90%)

    A parallel enhancement tracks disable-parallel support for the CMake plugin and is likewise awaiting a real-world use case.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1238 go-use plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Support for disable-parallel in go-use remains open and is explicitly deferred pending a real-world Go project that fails under parallel builds.
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#1246 npm plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Add disable-parallel support to the npm plugin. It remains open and low priority, with the maintainer requesting a real-world npm build case before prioritizing implementation.
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#1242 make plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Enhancement: make plugin should honor the disable-parallel part property (currently always emits make -j"N"). Filed by a maintainer, labeled Triaged/Enhancement, and explicitly deferred as "extremely low priority" until a real-world non-parallel-build use case is supplied; autotools already has it via PR #1167.
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#1232 ant plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Ant plugin support for disable-parallel is unimplemented; the request remains open as Needs information, with maintainers requesting a real-world case that fails under parallel builds.
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#1239 gradle plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request: add `disable-parallel` support to the gradle plugin. Maintainer labels it low-priority, 'Needs information', asking for a real-world use case that fails under parallel builds; design (None/False/True) sketched in a comment.
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#1250 rust plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Request to honor the documented `disable-parallel` part property in the rust plugin. Maintainer-opened, labeled Needs information, explicitly deprioritized pending a real-world use case; rust_plugin.py still builds with cargo defaults.
78%
#1247 python plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Python plugin support for compiled-wheel parallel control remains unimplemented; maintainers are awaiting a real-world case and resolution of tri-state semantics versus setting CRAFT_PARALLEL_BUILD_COUNT=1.
78%
#1249 qmake plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Enhancement: add disable-parallel support to the qmake plugin. Maintainer-filed, labeled Needs information; explicitly deferred as low priority pending a real-world use case. One of six sibling per-plugin issues (cmake, meson, make, go, rust).
77%
#1243 maven plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Maven plugin support for disable-parallel remains unimplemented; the open enhancement is maintainer-marked Needs information and deliberately low priority pending a real-world failing build.
77%
#1235 dotnet plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Maintainer-filed enhancement: dotnet plugin does not honor the existing `disable-parallel` part property. Labeled Needs information and explicitly deferred as "extremely low priority" pending a real-world use case; no comments in 395 days.
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