I'm supportive of the proposal. Thanks, Pierre.
On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM Lucas Ottersbach <[email protected]> wrote: > > That sounds very reasonable. Thank you, Pierre, for raising this point. > > I suspect many of our older issues are no longer relevant and are unlikely > to be addressed at this stage. Given that, is now a good time to discuss a > long-term strategy for keeping our backlog tidy—perhaps by introducing a > policy to auto-close tickets after a period of inactivity? > > Also, does anyone know if this is a standard practice in other Apache > projects? > > Joe Witt <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 23. Dez. 2025, 19:39: > > > Thanks Pierre - sounds very reasonable > > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM Pierre Villard < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi team, > > > > > > I was reviewing the open JIRA issues today and noticed we have several > > > thousand unresolved tickets. While this volume is not a concern, I > > propose > > > we conduct a basic cleanup to improve visibility. > > > > > > My initial proposal involves closing the following two groups of issues: > > > > > > - Unresolved issues with an affected version of 0.x, but not 1.x or 2.x > > > (139 issues). > > > - Unresolved issues of type "Bug" with an affected version of 1.x, but > > not > > > 2.x (692 issues). > > > > > > We would perform a bulk update on these issues, setting their resolution > > to > > > "Feedback Received". We would also add a comment explaining that the 0.x > > > and 1.x versions are no longer actively maintained and that the issue > > > should be re-opened or a new one created if the problem is still relevant > > > on the 2.x line. > > > > > > Please share your thoughts on this approach. If we do proceed, be aware > > > that it may result in a large volume of email notifications, depending on > > > your personal settings. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Pierre > > > > >
