Closing things just so you have less open issues is the worst kind of dashboard driven development / goodharts law style of process failure.
Many issues are evergreen and people will come around continue to comment on them as they get hit. The idea that no one comments on old issues is simply a false premise.
If you look up examples of stalebot feedback the only people who think its a good idea are people literally only caring about how many issues are open.
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Closing things just so you have less open issues is the worst kind of dashboard driven development / goodharts law style of process failure.
Many issues are evergreen and people will come around continue to comment on them as they get hit. The idea that no one comments on old issues is simply a false premise.
If you look up examples of stalebot feedback the only people who think its a good idea are people literally only caring about how many issues are open.
GitHub stale bot considered harmful | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28998374