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

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Aryabhata <bsdhexa%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> 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.
>
> Are these ancient reports still tracked for historical/architectural
> relevance, or could they safely be closed to help clean up the tracker? If
> some are still valid, it might be worth verifying if they are still
> reproducible on modern NetBSD releases.

You are welcome to dig in and help, and read them and assess relevance
and test.  It sounds like you are suggesting that Some Else(tm) to that.