On Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 06:39:24 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
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.
I think this might also be a good project for one of Andrei's
students ;-)
i.e a detailed analysis of D's bugzilla repository.
Present the findings and recommendations.
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.
I'm too much of 'big picture' person to get into such details ;-)
Fortunately, not all are like me ;-)
The problem, I suspect, is more to do with people wanting to
contribute to things that matter most, and, that their
contribution will be considered in a timely manner, by people
with suitable expertise. If such a process exists, I am not aware
of it.
I don't think just saying to people, 'go and find some bug that
interests you' is sufficient to get people motivated, IMHO.
