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maven plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1243
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 maven plugin. Labeled 'Needs information' - maintainer awaits a real-world use case. No activity for ~12 months; the maven plugin still lacks the property.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is labeled 'Status: Needs information' and the maintainer explicitly stated it is 'extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case' - no such use case has appeared in 363 days of inactivity with zero comments, well past the 6-month threshold. The maven plugin source confirms the property is still absent, but the request is blocked on external input that never materialized; it can be reopened if a real-world case emerges.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 11.25 Staleness: 82 Complexity: 25 Confidence: 80 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 maven 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: 15
Quick Win: 11.25
Staleness: 82
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 5
close stale 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.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 5
close stale Request to add disable-parallel part property support to the maven plugin. Labeled needs information, inactive for 10 months with no comments or provided use case.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 10
close stale Feature request to add disable-parallel support to the maven plugin. Awaiting a real-world use case for testing. No activity or comments in 10 months.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 25
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
close stale Implement disable-parallel parameter support in the Maven plugin. Marked as an enhancement awaiting a real-world use case to validate parallel build failures. Currently inactive pending community input.

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Related work

  • Related To: craft-parts#1244 (confidence 90%)

    Sibling request for the maven-use plugin, same 'awaiting real-world use case' state.

  • Related To: craft-parts#1240 (confidence 90%)

    Sibling request for the java plugin, which MavenPlugin inherits from; same blocked state.

  • Related To: canonical/craft-parts#1167 (confidence 85%)

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

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#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.
97%
#1240 java plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Enhancement request to add the disable-parallel part property to the Java base plugin (shared by ant, gradle, maven, maven-use). Labeled Needs information; maintainer awaits a real-world use case, no activity for 363 days.
88%
#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.
86%
#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.
85%
#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.
83%
#1239 gradle plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Gradle plugin lacks disable-parallel part property support. Labeled Needs information; maintainer proposed a 3-state (None/False/True) design but is waiting for a real-world use case. No implementation in code after 363 days.
82%
#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.
82%
#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.
81%
#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.
81%
#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%