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List:       nix-dev
Subject:    Re: [Nix-dev] Too many open issues
From:       Alexey Shmalko <rasen.dubi () gmail ! com>
Date:       2016-07-22 12:55:15
Message-ID: 89dae928-542e-4e78-b5f2-d3d1cd55d696 () gmail ! com
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On 07/22/2016 03:30 PM, Kevin Cox wrote:
> I'm not a huge fan of auto-closing issues based on just activity. The one \
> auto-close feature I do like is the `need info` tag when you need more from the \
> reporter. Then the issue is closed in a week or two if they don't respond. 
> The reason I don't like auto-closing issues is that it seems more like fighting the \
> symptom then the problem. Just because you close an issue doesn't mean that it \
> doesn't exist. I think a better way is to get more triager to quickly put issues on \
> the wishlist or find an assignee. Rather then close it is probably better to have \
> an "important" or tag of things that should be looked at first (and maybe try to \
> keep that close to zero). I see little value to closing issues just because we \
> don't want to work on them right now. 
> It is really painful that only commiters can add tags because I would love to help \
> out with triaging more then just commenting (I think comments often have low value \
> because you can't filter on them). 
> One other thing that might help is I remember a service that would send a couple of \
> open issues to your inbox to help divide the load of triaging. I'm going to see if \
> I can find it again as it would probably be useful. 
> 
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