[Scons-dev] bug prune

[Jonathon Reinhart]

That makes sense, Mats. Thanks for the additional insight.

On Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 10:30 Mats Wichmann <mats at wichmann.us> wrote:

> On 9/2/19 8:03 AM, Jonathon Reinhart wrote:
> > Note that you can subscribe to a GitHub issue without commenting. This
> > is preferred as it avoids spamming all currently-subscribed users.
> >
> > Also, I think mass/automated bug closing needs to be done very
> > conservatively. Closing an issue doesn't make the bug go away. There are
> > projects that have bots which close issues after 30 days of inactivity,
> > and I find it infuriating.
>
> I'm not a fan of the rapid/aggressive closing either, wasn't suggesting
> that. The idea of a bot is to keep there from being so much manual work
> to get the notifications sent, and the closing done. If the team prefers
> no not keep it after the prune, it can just be turned off.
>
> There are a decent number of bugs that were created over 10 years ago,
> and many in the 3-10 year range, and which, due to the migration from
> tigris, aren't really associated with people who may have reported them,
> or commented on them.
>
> The idea of commenting to keep a bug alive is to defeat the bot's idea
> of what is active (and to confirm "yes, this is still a problem").  I
> don't think subscribing to it does that.
>
>
>
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