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Subject: Re: RFC: Bug database cleaning
From: Kip Warner <kip@thevertigo.com>
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On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 17:17 -0800, Keith Seitz wrote:
> Hi,
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> Most regulars probably know that I don't respond to bugs quite as=20
> quickly as I should: I just seldom use the bug database -- largely=20
> because as I respond to bugs, I seldom hear back from users.
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> As a result, the bug database is quite a bit larger than it should be.=20
> So, I would like to close all bugs older than approximately one year.=20
> That would affect any bug # less than 306.
>=20
> Any one have any objections to this?

Provided those bugs on the tracker have been deemed invalid / closed /
resolved / patched / duplicate / whatever, then yes, of course.
Otherwise, you are losing a great deal of valuable information and the
fact that they just old doesn't really seem like reason enough to delete
them.

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Kip Warner -- Software Engineer
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