We could automatically clean End Of Life bugs

[Daniel Letzeisen]

On 07/19/2014 12:54 PM, Maarten Bezemer wrote:

> EOL bugs can still be present in active releases... So just closing these bugs
> without checking if it is still present, is wasting the efforts of the
> reporters ... and does not show much respect
> toward these reporters (in my opinion).
>

Yes, they can still be present, but unless the reporter confirms that it 
is still present in a supported release, the bug should automatically go 
to Incomplete if it is tagged with EOL release(s). I do not agree that 
it is disrespectful, since marking it Incomplete gives the user two 
months to confirm that they still experience it with a supported 
version. In fact, I think users find it more disrespectful when their 
report stays open for years without response and basically goes into a 
state of limbo.

Oh, and I also find it odd that apport allows users to file bugs with 
EOL releases..


> (just to have a low open bug count.)

Bug count is not a terribly useful metric itself, but lower bug count 
makes searching easier/quicker.