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Bakery-Boulangerie specs don't satisfy `DeadlockFree` or `StarvationFree` liveness properties

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Description

I've been defining models as part of work on #107. Currently these properties fail so these specs can only be subject to safety checking. Some fairness assumptions are required for the properties to be satisfied. @muenchnerkindl any idea what those fairness assumptions would be? The one in Spec is insufficient.

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Inspect the Bakery-Boulangerie specifications and the fairness assumptions in Spec, which the issue identifies as insufficient. Determine the assumptions required for DeadlockFree and StarvationFree; the work is done when both liveness properties are satisfied by the specs.

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Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Stale
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Needs clarification
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