[SciPy-Dev] Issues backlog

[Matthew McCormick]

On Sun, Aug 4, 2019 at 5:03 PM Tyler Reddy <tyler.je.reddy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think we've had this discussion about using bots to auto-close issues in
> SciPy a few times now. I've never been a fan of that & don't really tend to
> worry too much about having a large number of issues open, though I'm not
> hugely bothered if we do go that route.
>
> I don't typically try to systemically go through them, but instead use
> labels to filter as appropriate. It may be a little off-putting if an
> important issue is both neglected long-term and dismissed by a bot, as
> noted.
>

For what it is worth, I have had very good experiences with Stale Probot:

   https://github.com/probot/stale

It makes a comment and adds a label when there has not been activity on an
issue. After a period of time, it will close the issue (although it can
always be re-opened), with a friendly comment. In practice, if someone
cares or intends on addressing an issue, it remains open. It does a great
job of removing clutter from the issue tracker. It is also configurable.

Hope this helps,
Matt
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