AcademySoftwareFoundation / AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenTimelineIO

Add a github action for nudging or closing stale issues and PRs

Open
#959 1 comment 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
maintenance needs discussion TSC
Dominant language
C++
Stars
2k
Forks
351
Avg merge
1d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
1

Description

## Feature Request

As discussed in TSC meeting April 29th. Add a github action that helps keep issues and PRs moving forward or closing them.

## Description

There is a github action called [stale](https://github.com/actions/stale) which is made for this. It has an extensive set of options available to tailor the behavior we'd like.

## Context

Some issues or PRs go cold and are left unattended for a long time. Some due to getting resolved by similar issues or PRs, others get "lost in the pile" or suffer from prioritizing. Whatever the case, it would be nice to be reminded that these issues and PRs exist to move them forward or close them to decrease the backlog.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked actions/stale documentation and the repository's GitHub Actions workflow entry point. Determine the intended options for nudging and closing inactive issues and pull requests, then verify that the workflow applies those behaviors as discussed in the issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions
Domain
ci-cd
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.