In case it is helpful, something we have found that works well in DataFusion is:
1. Close stale PRs (60 days with no activity with a 7 day grace period) 2. Does not old issues open -- because as people have pointed out above just because an issue has had no activity doesn't mean it is not an issue. Here is the config we use:[1] Andrew [1]: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/main/.github/workflows/stale.yml On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM Nic Crane <thisis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I'm having a bit of a tidy up of the monorepo and would like to check in > with folks before making a move. > > As of this moment, we have 345 open PRs and 4188 open issues. This number > was higher a week ago, but I've been making some effort to identify and > close stale issues. > > There are many PRs which appear abandoned - no activity in the past 12 > months or would require significant refactoring or resolving of git > conflicts as the codebase has moved on significantly. > > I'd like to take the following actions: > > Category: 1 - PRs - haven't been commented on or touched in the past 12 > months (137 at present; 40% of open PRs)[1] > Classification: Possibly abandoned > Reason: Creates noise or impression the issue is being worked on > Response: Close these with the message "Closing because it has been > untouched for a year, which may be an indication it's not longer being > actively worked on. Feel free to re-open if it is still being worked on!" > > Category: 2 - Issues - improvements that haven't been commented on in over > 3 years (498; 12% if open issues) > Classification: May or may not still be things we'd like to implement in > future, unclear > Reason: Gives the impression that items are currently on someone's roadmap, > may prevent user making feature request for it > Reponse: Comment on these issues with warning that will be closed in 30 > days if no comment saying otherwise. Close unanswered issues after 30 days. > > Category: 3 - Issues - user questions with no ongoing conversation for over > 12 months (107; 3% of open issues)[3] > Classification: Unclear if user still needs helps > Reason: Adds to repo noise > Reponse: Comment on these issues with warning that will be closed in 30 > days if no comment saying otherwise. Close unanswered issues after 30 days. > Manually update to "improvement" if it's now a feature update or docs > change needed. > > Things I've intentionally left out here: > 1. Bug tickets - I'd like to come back to these in a later discussion > 2. Automation of this on a regular basis - if we go ahead, I'd like to do a > first pass and see how much response we get to closure warning tickets, and > then open a new discussion > > Any objections to this, or anything we'd like to discuss/change here? > > Thanks, > > Nic > > > [1] > > https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Apr%20state%3Aopen%20%20updated%3A%3C%40today-1y > [2] > > https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20%20updated%3A%3C%40today-3y%20label%3A%22Type%3A%20enhancement%22 > [3] > > https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20%20updated%3A%3C%40today-1y%20label%3A%22Type%3A%20usage%22 >
