It was a rhetorical question; the answer is no, old issues with no updates don't necessarily indicate anything about the health of the project. Different people

It was a rhetorical question; the answer is no, old issues with no updates don't necessarily indicate anything about the health of the project. Different people have different project management styles. You use your style for your project, and Carson uses his for htmx. There's no one correct way to manage an issue backlog.