I can see the reason why conversation which concluded several months ago is considered more relevant to a search than a current work in progress. Old closed threads tend to either end with a definitive answer or they're left hanging showing no answer was available, whereas a current discussion may still be in progress and thus may contain inaccuracies which may not yet have been contested by another person.
As for closing old threads, well, some threads an points aren't relevant after 6 months. For example, 6 months ago you could say that Android didn't officially support resolutions other than HVGA. It does now, but there is little value in letting people add comments to a 6 month old thread just trying to correct statements made at that time, so closing off old threads and encouraging people to create new ones if they really want to continue a long finished thread seems sensible as it wont pollute the original thread with answers which may not have been applicable at the time. I don't see either as a bug, I can see the reasons behind the decisions to do both, and they seem quite sensible. Al. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 3 Jan 2010, at 12:02, Matt Kanninen wrote: > Its a bug, or its a bug google chooses to promote dead threads. They > drive traffic to dead out of date threads on google groups but prevent > someone replying with the current status on the sunject of a thread. > > if you use a stronger email client and subscribe an email client to a > thread its easy to resurrect a thrread. I usually just hit reply to > author but instead send it to the group. It makes it a lot easier to > continue tracking a live thread google has decided is dead, and it > makes it easy to quote a code snippet or bug report. > > But I still love poor google groups. I can't pick a better client > side solution for most uses. > > On Dec 27 2009, 8:11 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's a feature. Those threads are too old, so they are dormant. >> >> I don't know what the cutoff is but it's something like six months or >> a year, after which they become read only. >> >> -John Coryat > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
