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go-use plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1238
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Type: Enhancement Status: Needs information
Created
Updated
Closed
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Current evaluation

Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the go-use plugin. Labeled Needs information; maintainer awaits a real-world use case, none provided in ~12 months. Plugin still lacks the property.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The maintainer (issue author) explicitly called this 'extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case' and labeled it 'Status: Needs information', but there are 0 comments and no use case after 363 days of inactivity, well past the 6-month threshold. The go-use plugin's build step only creates a symlink (no parallel build to disable), further weakening the case for keeping it open.

Impact: 10 Quick Win: 7.5 Staleness: 85 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 85 Support Request: 5

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-use 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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Impact: 10
Quick Win: 7.5
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 5
close stale Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the go-use plugin. Labeled Needs information; maintainer awaits a real-world use case, none provided in ~12 months. Plugin still lacks the property.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 90
Support Request: 10
close stale Request to add disable-parallel support to the go-use plugin. Labeled needs information, inactive for over a year, awaiting a real-world use case to justify implementation.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 30
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 10
needs triage Enhancement request to add disable-parallel property support to the go-use plugin. Currently inactive and awaiting a concrete use case to justify implementation.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 10
close stale Add disable-parallel property support to the go-use plugin. Currently an enhancement awaiting a real-world use case to justify implementation. Status: needs information.

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Related work

  • Related To: craft-parts#1237 (confidence 90%)

    Sibling issue for the go plugin requesting the same disable-parallel property; same family of ~10 open issues.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1233 (confidence 85%)

    Sibling issue for the cargo-use plugin, another -use plugin, with the same Needs information status.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1167 (confidence 80%)

    Autotools plugin PR cited in the issue body as the precedent implementation of disable-parallel (required for OpenJDK builds).

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#1237 go plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open 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.
89%
#1233 cargo-use plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add disable-parallel to the cargo-use plugin. Labeled Needs information; maintainer awaits a real-world use case, none provided in ~12 months. Plugin still lacks the property; its build step is a file copy, so the property would be a no-op.
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#1244 maven-use plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the maven-use plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' by the maintainer, who asked for a real-world use case; no comments or use case provided in 12 months.
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#1246 npm plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the npm plugin. Labeled Needs information; maintainers await a real-world use case before implementing. No activity for ~12 months; part of a family of similar open issues for other plugins.
83%
#1251 scons plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Request to add the disable-parallel part property to the scons plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' by the maintainer, who called it extremely low priority until a real-world use case is provided; no use case or activity in ~12 months.
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#1250 rust plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the rust plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' — maintainer awaits a real-world use case before implementing. No activity for 363 days; rust plugin still lacks the property.
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#1232 ant plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the ant plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' and waiting ~1 year for a real-world use case; maintainer explicitly called it extremely low priority until one is provided.
82%
#1243 maven plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the maven plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' - maintainer awaits a real-world use case. No activity for ~12 months; the maven plugin still lacks the property.
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#1242 make plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Make plugin lacks disable-parallel support. Triaged as low-priority enhancement by maintainer, explicitly awaiting a real-world use case that never arrived in 363 days. Feature still unimplemented; sibling plugin issues (cmake, go, python, etc.) in same state.
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