On Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 06:16:45 UTC, codephantom wrote:
I doubt very much whether just allowing stuff to pile up in some bugzilla repository, is a best practice.
Several bugs get wiped in each release, as the changelogs clearly show. It's not as if they're being ignored.
If you know how to get a bunch of volunteers with such varied interests to work in a concerted direction, please do tell. And I'm not being facetious here. There have been attempts in the past to bring some sort of order to the chaos so that the perception matches the reality, but it's not something that has yet proven sustainable. As a result, bugs that no one steps up to fix get left in bugzilla for ages.
I have an idea I'm working on to potentially help get older bugs squashed and older PRs merged. I need to hash out the details before getting it going, but I'll blog about when (and if) it comes to fruition. There are no guarantees it will be effective, but it's worth a shot.
In the meantime, you could help reduce the pile by picking a bug to fix today. Multiple people, particularly those concerned about the number of old issues still open, who donate one or two days a month to fixing old bugs could go along way. The same goes for reviewing PRs.
