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I sometimes fantasize about disabling Issues for one of my more popular GitHub repos, but since I also have a disturbing number of users who find my email from

I sometimes fantasize about disabling Issues for one of my more popular GitHub repos, but since I also have a disturbing number of users who find my email from early git logs and send me emails like "why didn't you respond to me on github", I keep them open in the hopes that it prevents more people from doing the same. That being said, I'd pay good money to never have to see another person submit another "bug" report where they remove all contents from the bug template I created and just write "why doesn't X do Y. plz fix" followed by an "any updates?" comment <24 hours later. I wouldn't say the whole thing has necessarily led to burnout, since I still enjoy working on the project, but it has led to me never logging into GitHub and turning off all notifications.

latexr 6y ago
> That being said, I'd pay good money to never have to see another person submit another "bug" report where they remove all contents from the bug template I created and just write "why doesn't X do Y. plz fix" followed by an "any updates?" comment <24 hours later. There are GitHub bots for that. The one I’ve seen (I forget the name) comments afterwards if the template isn’t followed. Perhaps it even allows you to directly close and lock the issue in those situations. Alternatively, if you’d truly “pay good money” it shouldn’t be hard to find someone to do it for you, reviewing issues and pinging you on the actionable ones. I’d enjoy that work; I like keeping repositories clean.