Add Stale bot #4526
Add Stale bot #4526
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The configuration was taken from nixpkgs repository and adjusted to `NixOS/nix`. A `stale` label was added to the labels (with gray color). Issues and PRs with `critical` label are excluded from interacting with the stale bot.
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| # Configuration for probot-stale - https://github.com/probot/stale | |||
| daysUntilStale: 180 | |||
| daysUntilClose: false | |||
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Let's auto-close issues/PRs older than (say) 1 year.
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Sure, but only if nobody comments on them to keep them open.
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Done.
I think what was not said is that even when an issue gets closed, it can be reopened if there is enough interest. Currently it is obvious that there is a management problem, since at the time of writing this we have 1.3k issues and 203 PRs open.
At the same time I'm not trying to say that by closing the issues those issues go away. Far from it. Being closed (and with a stale label) it means there was not enough interest to solve them.
And what happens is that this stale bot in a lot of cases serve as a reminder to get back to the issues/PRs. I know this happened to me on quite few occasions.
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The auto-closing is starting to kill contributions that I think shouldn't be killed:
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Iirc the open PR count had been hovering between 291 and 296 recently
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Closing was a terrible idea, and done in contra to the community's decision for Nixpkgs in https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0051-mark-stale-issues.md
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I have opened an RFC for this at NixOS/rfcs#124
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This pull request has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/tweag-nix-dev-update-7/11552/1 |
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This pull request has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/stale-bot-for-nix-just-closed-a-bunch-of-stuff/18661/2 |
The configuration was taken from nixpkgs repository and adjusted to
NixOS/nix.A
stalelabel was added to the labels (with gray color).Issues and PRs with
criticallabel are excluded from interacting with thestale bot.
Fixes #4522