poetry plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter
Metadata
Current evaluation
Poetry lacks disable-parallel support; the valid but low-priority enhancement awaits a failing real-world build and a general Python design decision in #1247.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The maintainer explicitly calls this extremely low priority until someone supplies a real application that fails to build in parallel, and the sole comment says the Python-wide policy must first be decided in #1247. Current Poetry properties and build commands contain no disable-parallel handling, so this remains a valid but not implementation-ready enhancement.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
27
Quick Win:
5
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
40
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 poetry 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:
27
Quick Win:
5
Complexity:
50
Confidence:
94
Actionability:
40
|
keep open | Poetry lacks disable-parallel support; the valid but low-priority enhancement awaits a failing real-world build and a general Python design decision in #1247. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
25
Quick Win:
9
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
75
Actionability:
55
|
keep open | Enhancement to add disable-parallel part property support to the poetry plugin. Blocked on python plugin design (#1247) per maintainer comment. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
15
Quick Win:
10
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
35
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Enhancement to support the disable-parallel part property in the poetry plugin. Triaged as 'Needs information'; maintainer deferred it pending the python plugin's disable-parallel decision (#1247), and no real-world use case has been provided. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
85
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
80
Support Request:
0
|
close stale | Enhancement request to add disable-parallel support to the poetry plugin. Deferred pending broader Python plugin decisions, with no real-world use case provided and no activity for over a year. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
90
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
5
|
close stale | Enhancement to add disable-parallel support to the poetry plugin. Maintainer requested a real-world use case, which has not been provided in over 10 months. Currently blocked by broader Python plugin architecture decisions. |
Update history
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Related work
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Blocked By:
craft-parts#1247
(confidence 99%)
The maintainer explicitly said Python behavior must be decided there before it can be applied to the Poetry plugin.
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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. | |
| #1237 go plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter | craft-parts | open | 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. | |
| #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. | |
| #1252 uv plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter | craft-parts | open | Maintainer-filed enhancement to add the disable-parallel part property to the uv plugin; explicitly low priority pending a real-world use case and a design decision on Python plugins (#1247). | |
| #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. |