Re: Question regarding the "Top 10 Oldest Problem Reports" in GNATS

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2026 at 07:34:24PM +0530, Aryabhata wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I was recently looking through the GNATS summary page (
> https://gnats.netbsd.org/summary/) and noticed the "Top 10 Oldest Problem
> Reports" list.
> 
> Most of these PRs date back to before the year 2000. Given how much the
> system, hardware landscapes, and codebase have evolved over the last two
> and a half decades, I wanted to ask the developer community whether it
> makes sense to keep these open, or if it would be better to close them out.

We simply do not close problem reports because they are old.  Other
projects that do this are patently wrong and user-hostile.

	Jonathan