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make plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1242
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Status: Triaged Type: Enhancement
Created
Updated
Closed
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Current evaluation

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.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The issue is triaged (labels: Status: Triaged, Type: Enhancement) and filed by maintainer lengau, who explicitly scoped it as 'extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case.' The make plugin still hardcodes -j in _get_make_command with no disable_parallel property, so the feature remains unimplemented and the issue is still valid. Sibling issues for other plugins (cmake #1234, go #1237, python #1247) are all in the same open, waiting-for-use-case state, confirming this is a tracked but deprioritized enhancement family rather than a stale or irrelevant report.

Impact: 20 Quick Win: 17.0 Staleness: 65 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 82 Support Request: 10

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 make 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: 20
Quick Win: 17.0
Staleness: 65
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 82
Support Request: 10
keep 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.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 80
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 10
close stale Enhancement request to add disable-parallel support to the make plugin. Triaged but inactive for over a year with no real-world use case provided.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
close stale Enhancement to add disable-parallel parameter support to the make plugin. Triaged but inactive for over 300 days with no maintainer engagement or real-world use case provided.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 75
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 5
keep open Implement disable-parallel parameter support in the make plugin. Triaged as a low-priority enhancement, currently awaiting a real-world use case to justify implementation. Internal Jira ticket created.

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Related work

  • Related To: craft-parts#1167 (confidence 90%)

    Autotools plugin PR that first added disable-parallel support; the issue body explicitly references it as the pattern to follow.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1234 (confidence 85%)

    cmake plugin: same disable-parallel enhancement, also 363 days old, open, waiting for a real-world use case.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1237 (confidence 85%)

    go plugin: same disable-parallel enhancement, same state as this issue.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1247 (confidence 85%)

    python plugin: same disable-parallel enhancement, labeled Needs information, awaiting use case.

  • Related To: snapcraft#698 (confidence 70%)

    Original snapcraft PR that added a generic disable-parallel option to BasePlugin; historical context for the feature.

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.
86%
#1234 cmake plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add disable-parallel support to the cmake plugin, mirroring the autotools plugin. Triaged with 'Needs information' label, waiting for a real-world use case. 363 days old, no comments, feature not yet implemented.
85%
#1249 qmake plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Feature request to add the disable-parallel part property to the qmake plugin, which still hardcodes make -j. Labeled Needs information; explicitly low priority until a real-world use case is provided; no activity for 363 days.
80%
#1238 go-use plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open 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.
80%
#1245 meson plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Request to add the disable-parallel part property to the meson plugin, mirroring the autotools implementation. Labeled 'Needs information' and waiting on a real-world use case; no activity for ~12 months and the feature is still unimplemented.
79%
#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.
78%
#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.
78%
#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.
78%
#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.
77%
#1241 jlink plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Request to support the disable-parallel part property in the jlink plugin. Maintainer labeled it 'Needs information' and called it extremely low priority without a real-world use case; no activity for ~12 months, still unimplemented.
76%