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

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

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

> Thank you for the response, and my apologies if my initial email came
> across as a request for someone else to do the heavy lifting! That
> definitely wasn't my intention.
>
> My question was driven purely out of curiosity regarding how the project
> manages deep legacy PRs. I wasn't sure if there was a specific project
> policy to keep them open as historical documentation, or if they just
> simply hadn't been touched in a while due to more pressing priorities.
>
> I completely understand that bug triage takes a massive amount of effort. I
> am more than happy to read through the list myself and see if there are any
> I can assess or test on my end, though my expertise might be limited on
> issues.

It is hard, and it often takes the ability to tell the submitter they
need to udpate to the latest version, retest, and file better debug
info.  And then it's a judgement call to close as
unfounded/no-longer-reproducible.

It's not super fun to grovel over bugs, especially if the bug report
doesn't come with substantial investigation from the submitter.  That
tends to lead to them just staying open.