[Tracker-discuss] [issue16] Automatic issue expiration

[R. David Murray]

On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 at 16:58, Tennessee Leeuwenburg wrote:
>> The exact time probably doesn't matter.  I think there are two cases:
>> either the OP (or anyone else) is going to respond within a couple days
>> or not at all, or they will respond after they get back from
>> vacation...so 14 days probably covers most people's vacations, and
>> a month ought to cover just about everyone :)
>>
>> For some reason I can't articulate, though, I like 14 days.
>
>
> I think 14 days probably covers active developers/contributors, but will
> many individuals do not fall in this category. I think it's important to
> pick up as much as possible.

What I'm saying is that in general, if one does not respond to an email
within one or at most two days after reading it (so maybe three or
four total depending on how often you check your email), one is not
going to respond at all.  I think this applies to anyone, developer
or not.

In fact, I think a user reporting a bug is more likely to respond quickly
to an issue email than a developer (who deals with many more of them)
is likely to.

I'm not invested in a particular length of time, though.

--David