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GitHub has 20,927,907 closed issues

142 points by tarikozket 10y ago

reustle 10y ago
This was posted only 3 hours ago as "GiHub has X open issues", and is still at the top of the front page. Why repost with the opposite title? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578191
Vintila 10y ago
Most commented issue: https://github.com/taolee/scalahooks/issues/1 https://github.com/taolee/scalahooks/issues/1 Looks like someone went wild with the api
- why-el 10y ago
  Well from this I learned that the maximum number of comments is 2,500.
  - Arnt 10y ago
    Oh really? https://github.com/peej/to.uri.st/issues/128 https://github.com/peej/to.uri.st/issues/128 is at 16k. "If we spam ourselves we'll know which bugs are most serious and are sure to fix those" perhaps?
    - Gigablah 10y ago
      That was probably from before they enforced a limit.
      - hvm 10y ago
        By looking at that I'm thinking that maybe their spamming is the reason for the limit in the first place.
pvinis 10y ago
I was waiting for this post. Or rather, I was hoping that the first "Open Issues" post would mention the number of closed issues or the total of all issues. Giving one random number of X is not very useful without some context. And if the context is in my mind, great. If it's not, I appreciate it when a poster gives that to me.
armaxt 10y ago
What the..
trymas 10y ago
So for extra karma, someone can post this: https://github.com/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen https://github.com/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen
gear54rus 10y ago
And they frown upon reddit for 'low-quality' content. #2 post, my ass... Face it, reddit won because it's objectively better with its lax moderation against this restricted garden.
- hellofunk 10y ago
  I agree that moderation in any online forum tends to be antithetical to the objectives it aims for. Stackoverflow is another good example.
- imgabe 10y ago
  Do you mean Hacker News vs. Reddit in terms of popularity? HN deliberately tries not to be as popular as Reddit. A few years ago HN was featured in a relatively popular publication, (TechCrunch maybe? I forget) and we flooded the front page with stories about Haskell (I'm pretty sure, or some other esoteric topic) to drive away any would be newcomers from that piece. HN is trying to appeal to a particular type of demographic - people interested in computer science / programming and start ups.[1] The more you try to be all things to all people, the more you end up with the blandest content with the broadest appeal, like many of the more popular subreddits. [1] Contrary to some people's beliefs, I don't think this means there should be stories only about computer science, programming, and startups, just that the stories should be interesting to people who find those things interesting. Of course, even among a similar group of people not everyone is going to agree what other things are interesting, but that's what we have the voting for.
  - kowdermeister 10y ago
    Which cannot be said of Reddit :D https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews
  - forgetsusername 10y ago
    >HN deliberately tries not to be as popular as Reddit. No they/we don't. They might like to pretend that, because, after all, it's cool to be an "exclusive club". But this is just another internet forum that happens to have content you/I like.
thomasfromcdnjs 10y ago
Such a convenient way to see your issues mentioned in -> https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aissue+thomasdavis+is%3Aopen https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aissue+thomasdavis+is%3Aopen
BillFranklin 10y ago
The number changes to between 21m - 18m on page reload
s4chin 10y ago
Please post this too. GitHub has 880,159 open PRs (https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr) GitHub has 12,558,530 closed PRs (https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed) (sarcasm)
- tariqali34 10y ago
  This is the type of content that appeals to the sterotypical HN user. Not clickbait, highly technical, very informative, potentially useful trivia. It is absolutely boring for a normal person though.
Cozumel 10y ago
Who gives a sh*t?
tarikozket 10y ago
For the people who don't get the idea of the post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_the_glass_half_empty_or_half_full%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_the_glass_half_empty_or_hal...

142 points by tarikozket 10y ago

This was posted only 3 hours ago as "GiHub has X open issues", and is still at the top of the front page. Why repost with the opposite title? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578191 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11578191

Vintila 10y ago

Most commented issue: https://github.com/taolee/scalahooks/issues/1 https://github.com/taolee/scalahooks/issues/1 Looks like someone went wild with the api

why-el 10y ago
Well from this I learned that the maximum number of comments is 2,500.
- Arnt 10y ago
  Oh really? https://github.com/peej/to.uri.st/issues/128 https://github.com/peej/to.uri.st/issues/128 is at 16k. "If we spam ourselves we'll know which bugs are most serious and are sure to fix those" perhaps?
  - Gigablah 10y ago
    That was probably from before they enforced a limit.
    - hvm 10y ago
      By looking at that I'm thinking that maybe their spamming is the reason for the limit in the first place.

pvinis 10y ago

I was waiting for this post. Or rather, I was hoping that the first "Open Issues" post would mention the number of closed issues or the total of all issues. Giving one random number of X is not very useful without some context. And if the context is in my mind, great. If it's not, I appreciate it when a poster gives that to me.

armaxt 10y ago

What the..

trymas 10y ago

So for extra karma, someone can post this: https://github.com/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen https://github.com/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen

gear54rus 10y ago

And they frown upon reddit for 'low-quality' content. #2 post, my ass... Face it, reddit won because it's objectively better with its lax moderation against this restricted garden.

hellofunk 10y ago
I agree that moderation in any online forum tends to be antithetical to the objectives it aims for. Stackoverflow is another good example.
imgabe 10y ago
Do you mean Hacker News vs. Reddit in terms of popularity? HN deliberately tries not to be as popular as Reddit. A few years ago HN was featured in a relatively popular publication, (TechCrunch maybe? I forget) and we flooded the front page with stories about Haskell (I'm pretty sure, or some other esoteric topic) to drive away any would be newcomers from that piece. HN is trying to appeal to a particular type of demographic - people interested in computer science / programming and start ups.[1] The more you try to be all things to all people, the more you end up with the blandest content with the broadest appeal, like many of the more popular subreddits. [1] Contrary to some people's beliefs, I don't think this means there should be stories only about computer science, programming, and startups, just that the stories should be interesting to people who find those things interesting. Of course, even among a similar group of people not everyone is going to agree what other things are interesting, but that's what we have the voting for.
- kowdermeister 10y ago
  Which cannot be said of Reddit :D https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews https://www.reddit.com/r/hackernews
- forgetsusername 10y ago
  >HN deliberately tries not to be as popular as Reddit. No they/we don't. They might like to pretend that, because, after all, it's cool to be an "exclusive club". But this is just another internet forum that happens to have content you/I like.

thomasfromcdnjs 10y ago

Such a convenient way to see your issues mentioned in -> https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aissue+thomasdavis+is%3Aopen https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aissue+thomasdavis+is%3Aopen

BillFranklin 10y ago

The number changes to between 21m - 18m on page reload

s4chin 10y ago

Please post this too. GitHub has 880,159 open PRs (https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr) GitHub has 12,558,530 closed PRs (https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed https://github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed) (sarcasm)

tariqali34 10y ago
This is the type of content that appeals to the sterotypical HN user. Not clickbait, highly technical, very informative, potentially useful trivia. It is absolutely boring for a normal person though.

Cozumel 10y ago

Who gives a sh*t?

tarikozket 10y ago

For the people who don't get the idea of the post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_the_glass_half_empty_or_half_full%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_the_glass_half_empty_or_hal...