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I think a useful approach is, instead of closing or locking the issue, to have a bot that periodically (say every 90 days) pings everyone involved in that issue
by rnhmjoj 5y ago
I think a useful approach is, instead of closing or locking the issue, to have a bot that periodically (say every 90 days) pings everyone involved in that issue and tags it as "stale" if no one replies, but nothing else.
Issues do get stale: maybe the problem has been solved in the meantime or is no longer relevant, in which case you close the issue, and if the problem is still there, it's nice to have a reminder.
- mikl 5y agoThat would be a huge pain in the ass for maintainers of even mildly popular open source projects. They’d be getting an avalanche of such mails on the daily.
- rnhmjoj 5y agoIt is when you're watching all the activity in the repository, but this is already an avalanche of mails if the project is very large. If you only get notifications for issues you've actively partecipate in, it's fine.
- manwe150 5y agoAs a maintainer of such, there is already an avalanche of mail. The suggestion though can help to give PRs/issues one final chance at eyeballs before it gets to be old. It is similar to a “bump” comment, which is generally considered useful after 1-2 weeks.