[CMake] CMake bug tracker discussion

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday 10 December 2010, Bill Hoffman wrote:
> There are a few things we have already started to do that should help
> with the bug tracker issue.
>
> 1. We hare having 4 releases of CMake each year.   After each release we
> post to the list and ask people to "vote" for bugs they would like fixed
> in the next release.
>
> 2. We are now sending all new bugs to the cmake-developer list.  This
> way any CMake developer can start working on them or at least know about
> them when the are opened.
>
> I have a third idea that we have not yet tried:
>
> What do people think of automatically closing bugs if they are not
> modified for some period of time (say 6 months).   They can always be
> reopened if the closed.   By closing them, it will notify those that
> have expressed interest in the bug.  We could send the closed bugs to
> the cmake-developer list just like the new ones.  That way all
> developers will know that they are being closed.

I don't really like it. Or at least I think 6 months is quite short.
At least for me, e.g. I know that early this year I was working on the Symbian 
stuff, but didn't finish it. But it is still on my TODO, not forgotten at 
all.

I think it should be at least one year of inactivity.

Alex