Great idea.

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM Arnav Balyan <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi team,
>
> I noticed Parquet java has some stale PRs  from a few years ago that have
> not seen activity in a long time. It can make it harder to tell which PRs
> are currently active and ready for review, and may add maintenance
> overhead.
>
> Would it make sense to introduce a stale PR policy? For example, marking a
> PR as inactive after 3 months of no activity, with 1 warning at 2 months to
> inform the author that it would be auto closed if there is no response.
>
> Contributors could always reopen their PR if they plan to continue the
> work. This could make the project more clear and friendly for newcomers and
> reduce maintenance overhead for maintainers.
>
> Would love to know what you think.
>
> Regards,
> Arnav
>


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