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meson plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1245
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Type: Enhancement Status: Needs information
Created
Updated
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Current evaluation

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.

Suggested action: keep open

Reason: The maintainer (issue author) triaged it with 'Status: Needs information' and explicitly scoped it as 'extremely low priority until someone shows us a real-world use case', so it is intentionally held open rather than abandoned. The feature is confirmed still unimplemented in meson_plugin.py (ninja runs with no -j control), so it is not outdated; closing as stale would be premature since the request remains applicable.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 12.75 Staleness: 70 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 82 Support Request: 0

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 meson 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: 12.75
Staleness: 70
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 82
Support Request: 0
keep 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.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 90
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 10
close stale Enhancement to add disable-parallel support to the meson plugin. Awaiting a real-world use case to justify implementation. Currently inactive for over 300 days with no maintainer follow-up.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 70
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 0
keep open Request to add disable-parallel support to the meson plugin. Labeled needs information, awaiting a real-world use case for testing. No maintainer comments or activity for ~10 months.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 20
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 10
close stale Add disable-parallel parameter support to the meson plugin. Currently an enhancement awaiting a real-world use case for testing. Stalled pending user input.

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Related work

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

    Sibling issue in the same series: cmake plugin support for disable-parallel, same 'Needs information' state.

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

    PR cited in the issue body that added disable-parallel to the autotools plugin; the implementation pattern to mirror (disable_parallel property, make vs make -jN).

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Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#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%
#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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#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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#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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#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.
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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.
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#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.
79%
#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.
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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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#1236 dotnet (v2) plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter craft-parts open Enhancement to add the disable-parallel part property to the dotnet v2 plugin, mirroring the autotools plugin. Labeled Needs information; maintainer awaits a real-world use case. No comments or activity in 363 days; feature still absent from the plugin at HEAD.
78%