Hi Rene, On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 01:17:50PM +0100, Rene Kita wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 12:40:41PM +0100, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote: > > "Kevin J. McCarthy" <[email protected]> writes: > > > Yes, sorry the GitLab ticket system is a mess. I've done the bare > > > minimum to address only severe issues the past four years. And many > > > issues, I've left open when I should have just put my foot down and > > > closed them. Please feel free, Arnt. Also, feel free to ping this > > > mailing list for cases where you want a second opinion. > > > > It didn't take long before someone appeared offered a second opinion: > > > > https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/493#note_2998550556 > > > > Perhaps what I ought to do there is tag feature requests as enhancements and > > close them. Then > > https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues?state=closed&label_name%5B%5D=enhancement > > shows requests that noone has volunteered to act on, while > > https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues?state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=enhancement > > shows requests that are being discussed, someone's volunteered to act on, > > haven't been looked at, etc. > > > > I'm unhappy about leaving feature requests open when they have no real hope > > of getting attention. Telling people "patches welcome" isn't nice, but > > ignoring them for a year is IMO worse rather than better. That's my two > > cents, though, what do you others think? > > > > Comments? > > > > Arnt > > The issue tracker should only have open items that are confirmed bugs or > bug reports being triaged and feature requests where someone agreed to > work on. > > Closing these issues will notify the issuer. This allows complaining > about it. If no one complains, it's not that important. Also with a lack > of manpower saying 'patches welcome' is a valid option. > > As long as these issues are clearly labeled as 'feature request', once > some devs are running out of work, they can search closed issues for > unresolved FRs.
IMO and IME, closed means resolved. Cheers, Alex > > We should make it clear to users that the correct way to request a > feature is not to open an issue, but to contact the developers through > the mailing list and discuss it beforehand. Only after it is discussed > and agreed on that it's worth having it as a feature request someone > should open an issue. -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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