Github user jeking3 commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1461
The reasoning for this is that Apache maintains its own master repository;
so pull requests here have to be pulled into the master by a committer, and
then the github mirror updates. If the commit message contains a "This closes"
or "This fixes" line item then it closes the github issue or pull request when
that occurs. I'll merge this tonight - thanks.---
