I think the bot has certain rules that are generally more helpful, such as bumping issues that need to be confirmed or urgent issues. I only know that these rules exist because I've been browsing around the bugzilla or am subscribed to some of such issues. I really think there needs to be more transparency in what the bot does; i.e. the code needs to be published somewhere where people can see it. It's not public yet, is it? I couldn't find it on m-s.o/repo.
That would show what happens to certain types of bugs after a certain amount of time, and also open a way to send patches or at least point to a specific line that needs improving. Regarding the "RESOLVED ARCHIVED" status, I also find it annoying sometimes: for feature requests and for certain less popular components. There 150 days is often not enough. The message can also be improved by saying (for issues) something like "please test this on the most recent version and don't forget to update the version property". And, if it's applicable, the bot could ask for information that's not filled in when bumping or archiving. Perhaps time to archive could also depend on how well understood/documented the issue is (e.g. how many fields are filled), which usually correlate with how nice it is to work on that issue (and how appreciated the work of its reporter should be). _______________________________________________ Mercurial-devel mailing list Mercurial-devel@mercurial-scm.org https://www.mercurial-scm.org/mailman/listinfo/mercurial-devel
