On 17 Sep 2014, at 13:02, Nicolai Hess <nicolaih...@web.de> wrote: > Yes but, > > 2014-09-17 11:25 GMT+02:00 Marcus Denker <marcus.den...@inria.fr>: > Hello, > > There are right now 675 open issues. (we managed to close 63 just the last 7 > days…). > > A lot of those issues are very old. A lot are in a bad shape: > > -> not reproducible > -> *completely* unclear what action could lead to solve the issue > -> outdated (e.g. small improvements submitted ages ago, but even > the author does not care to submit a new version for Pharo4) > > I think we should be more radical in closing issues. If someone submits > something > but can not even answer a simple question in 2 months —> this is the same as > “I don’t care”. > > 2 months are to short. 4 or maybe 6. Yes, you are right 6 months is good.
The idea is that the issue will be closed, but with a mail to the “owner” of the issue so that he/she can decide to re-open… and “will work on that later” would be a valid answer. > There are open issues without any action on our part - for months. And that > does > not mean "we don't care". If someone reports an issues and don't > have the time to react on comments/questions for a couple of months, I > understand that. > > > nicolai > > > So *PLEASE*: > > -> check all the issue that *you* submitted. Are they still relevant? Is > there enough > information for anyone to do anything? > -> check all the issues you where involved with in discussions. It is much > easier for > you than for me to understand what the conclusion of the discussion is. > -> help checking *old* entries. Is is still relevant? What is the next action? > > +1 > > > > > Marcus >
