Re: article idea: Why we close bugs as end-of-life

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On 11/30/2016 10:18 PM, Justin W. Flory wrote:
> On 11/29/2016 01:45 PM, Lailah wrote:
>> On 28/11/16 17:47, Matthew Miller wrote:
>>> As every release goes end-of-life, we automatically close all of the
>>> bugs filed against it -- even if they're not fixed. As a user who went
>>> to the trouble to report a bug, this can be frustrating. We can explain
>>> why we do it, why it's still valuable to file bugs, and how to reopen
>>> bugs when appropriate.
>>>
>>
>> I think is a great idea to write something about this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sylvia
>>
> 
> I'm also in favor of seeing an article like this drafted for the Magazine, particularly if we could conveniently time it for the approximate time when the F23 bugs are closed for EOL. It also wouldn't hurt to get the usual F23 EOL article out on the Magazine too (we can bring this up during our meeting today).
> 
> Do we know of anyone who could write this who might be able to explain this deeper?

If nobody has thrown their hat in the ring yet, I'd like to volunteer. If
you're okay with it, I'd also like to talk a little bit about why the
kernel does something very similar for every major release (4.x -> 4.y).
I can also do that as a separate follow on article if that gets too long.

Thanks,
Laura
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