Re: [boost] [partly OT] Re: [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?

Subject: Re: [boost] [partly OT] Re: [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-16 17:56:21

On 03/16/17 20:43, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:
> Andrey Semashev wrote:
>
>> If we move to GitHub issues, I would rather have all open tickets
>> moved from Trac there.
>
> That's again a difference in philosophy; I'd rather not because if a
> ticket has remained open in Trac for, say, seven years, porting it is of
> no use; and if it's a fresh ticket, the proper way to deal with it is to
> fix and close it, not port it.

Well, not all tickets can be fixed easily. And the fact that the ticket 
hangs for several years doesn't mean it's not valid now.