+0 If you auto-close an issue, choose an appropriate Resolution like "Abandoned" so we don't confuse it with actual work being accomplished. And any bulk changes should be done to explicitly opt-out of notifications.
I don't really understand how the statistics you speak of _matter_, or how keeping an ancient JIRA issue open matters. But you don't have to convince me either. On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM Jan Høydahl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This thread complements the ongoing discussion about migrating to GitHub > Issues, but is worth pursuing regardless of how that ends. > > I have raised the idea of a major JIRA cleanup several times before. The > usual pushback is that important work or still-reproducible bugs would be > lost forever. I understand the concern, but I think the current situation > has become untenable: the median age of an open JIRA is 8.4 years. That > number does not reflect what anyone is actually working on — it reflects > years of accumulated noise that makes the tracker harder to navigate for > everyone. > > I used an LLM to analyse all 4,093 currently open issues and put together > a short report. It took about five minutes and surfaces some useful data. > The full report is here: > > https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/81fe75ce-e387-4b88-81fb-d4fc8b90a1a9 > > A few highlights from the data: > - 84% of open issues have not been touched in over 2 years > - 34% have zero comments — filed and never discussed > - 70% have no assignee > > Select graphs are included below (if they don't make it through the list, > see HTML link above) > > The report suggests a three-tier approach: > > * Tier 1 — Close now (~1,200 issues): Zero comments AND no update in 3+ > years. Bulk-close with a label such as "housekeeping-2026" so nothing is > permanently lost. > * Tier 2 — Triage with LLM assistance (~2,200 issues): No update in 2+ > years, possibly some comments. Review in batches and close obvious > candidates with the same label. > * Tier 3 — Keep and triage properly (~700 issues): Updated within the last > 2 years, or has votes or active comments. These deserve real attention. > > Does the community agree that something needs to be done? I am happy to > help coordinate the effort if there is appetite for it. > > Jan > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
