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Well, then the bug stays open. :shrug: Why is that so bad? The only reason I can see to close old bugs is that a project wants to make it seem like it has fewe
by FeepingCreature 7y ago
Well, then the bug stays open. :shrug: Why is that so bad?
The only reason I can see to close old bugs is that a project wants to make it seem like it has fewer issues than it does, and hopes that users won't notice the issue.
- dspillett 7y ago> and hopes that users won't notice the issue It is a little more than that in many cases. People judging a project overall by the number of open bugs reports, no matter how minor, isn't really fair if there is considerable development on more important bugs/features/other elsewhere in the project.
- beart 7y agoIt also isn't fair for people who assume a project that has a large number of closed issues is highly active, when in fact, a large number of those issues have just never seen any activity and were closed for being stale.
- dspillett 7y agoIf the issues are closed with WONTFIX or similar status, as discussed nearby in this thread, then it should still be clear that something is going on. It is then up to the reader to decide if that something is enough for them to worry about or not.