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qmake plugin: Support `disable-parallel` parameter

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Project
craft-parts
Number
#1249
Type
issue
State
open
Author
lengau
Labels
Type: Enhancement Status: Needs information
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Updated
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Current evaluation

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.

Suggested action: close stale

Reason: The issue is labeled 'Status: Needs information' and its body explicitly asks for a real-world use case, calling it 'extremely low priority' without one; no use case or any other activity has appeared in 363 days, far beyond the 6-month window. The qmake plugin still hardcodes 'make -j{parallel_build_count}', so the gap is real but unvalidated; closing as stale is appropriate and it can be reopened if a concrete use case emerges.

Impact: 15 Quick Win: 12.75 Staleness: 80 Complexity: 15 Confidence: 80 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 qmake 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: 80
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 80
Support Request: 0
close stale 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.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 35
Confidence: 85
Support Request: 10
close stale Request to add disable-parallel part property support to the qmake plugin. Currently open, labeled Needs information, with no comments or activity for over 10 months.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 70
Support Request: 5
close stale Enhancement request to add disable-parallel property support to the qmake plugin. Open for 309 days with no maintainer response or user-provided use case.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6
Staleness: 85
Complexity: 15
Confidence: 75
Support Request: 0
close stale Implement disable-parallel property support in the qmake plugin. Awaiting a real-world use case or testable example of an application that fails with parallel builds. Status: needs information.

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Related work

  • Related To: craft-parts#1242 (confidence 90%)

    Same disable-parallel request for the make plugin, also open and awaiting a real-world use case.

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

    Same disable-parallel request for the cmake plugin, also open and awaiting a real-world use case.

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

    Same disable-parallel request for the go plugin, part of the same family of plugin parity requests.

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

    Autotools plugin PR referenced in the issue body as the precedent that added disable-parallel support (needed for OpenJDK builds).

Related issues

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.
82%
#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.
81%
#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.
80%
#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.
80%
#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.
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%
#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.
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.
79%
#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.
78%
#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.
77%