On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:23 AM Andrey Loskutov <losku...@gmx.de> wrote:
> May be I'm living in some parallel universe, but in my world Eclipse > Platform is utterly under-resourced, and this is since years, and that's > the main reson bugs aren't processed as it should be and therefore closed > without any activity. > Everyone's experience varies depending on what they see in other projects they work on. > > Kind regards, > Andrey Loskutov > > Спасение утопающих - дело рук самих утопающих > > https://www.eclipse.org/user/aloskutov > > > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2022 um 21:12 Uhr > *Von:* "Mickael Istria" <mist...@redhat.com> > *An:* "Eclipse platform general developers list." < > platform-dev@eclipse.org> > *Betreff:* Re: [platform-dev] Vote to stop bug auto-closing in all > Eclipse platform projects > > We all know that the root cause of this discussion is the 10+ years of > under-resourcing for Eclipse platform. > > Eclipse Platform is not under-resourced. It's OK-resourced, and just like > any project would benefit from more resources, but let's move the resources > discussion away and focus on the community aspects of auto-closing bugs. > > > Do we expect big players to come back and sponsor teams of developers > again as it was in 00ths? I doubt so. Perhaps, small companies and > individuals from the community are the only hope. > > I don't get how it's related to the discussion about auto-closing bugs or > not. And I also don't get how Alex's answer triggered that question. > > >> And if yes, how auto-close could help to recruit new resources for >> triaging (not even dreaming about bug fixing) from the community? > > > Auto-closing is more likely to stimulate people in trying to contribute > than just keeping the bug silent. At least, people can decide to reopen > with more details, or to add other information (not useful anymore, was > fixed), and that's a form of contribution already. Sometimes they reopen > with frustration and this can trigger a new conversation with some > committers to help them in contributing more. > On the other hand, keeping the bugs open but silent brings no interaction > and thus no new opportunity to recruit. It just make the project seem dead. > _______________________________________________ platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > -- Aleksandar Kurtakov Red Hat Eclipse Team
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