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It is an issue here. Passerby looking at main page will see "300 issues open", not "5 bugs and 295 feature requests open"
by ilyt 4y ago
It is an issue here. Passerby looking at main page will see "300 issues open", not "5 bugs and 295 feature requests open"
- remram 4y agoDo you have any evidence that passerbys think this way? Scikit-learn has 1.5k issues, react has 900, I don't think it is driving them away?
- iudqnolq 4y agoPersonally I skim a sample of issues before adding a dependency. The main thing I look at is what happens after high quality bug reports are filed. The top line number doesn't bother me much.
- madeofpalk 4y agoI have seen projects use Discussions instead for feature requests, and (open) issues for things the maintainers have a pretty solid understanding of things that should be worked on and closed.
- xur17 4y agoThis seems like a great way to handle it.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 4y agoIt could still be worth saying "no", per the article, to the 295 open feature requests. The fact that the maintainers have not (yet) declined these requests, resulting in this seemingly inflated total of 300 "Issues", is not necessarily a problem with github.