Too many open issues

[numberZero]

1090 is a lot. A lot. Well enough to drown in. Even if one issue per day would be resolved it would still take 3 years to handle all of them—totally ignoring new ones. A better plan is needed.

[rubenwardy]

*1091

[rubenwardy]

There's probably a lot that can just be closed - duplicates and more. Just needs someone to go through it

[Zughy]

Closing #13510 was counterproductive, now people will start asking about whether we chose a new name or not. I suggest to reply under the internal discussion instead of closing the issue

[rubenwardy]

Just want to point out that anyone can look for duplicates or issues that should be merged

[Zughy]

@numberZero there were 1097 issues until three days ago. I've been closing something here and there (and trust me, it's not a fun task) but we can't make miracles. We need more contributors, core devs, possibly bounties as incentive. The blog could suggest to focus on the 300+ bugs we have left open, but the blog is kind of dead at the moment (which brings us back to more contributors). Also, let's not forget that Minetest is a software with a lot of code debt, it takes time to navigate through that and fix it. Do you have any suggestions by the way? I'd be glad to hear it

[Zughy]

Also, we had already reached this number in the past, before I started cleaning the whole repo. Unfortunately, I don't know how much there is now left to clean

[numberZero]

closing something here and there (and trust me, it's not a fun task)

I see. I’ve skimmed through some random issues years old, and each one looks legitimate.

but we can't make miracles.

Noone can.

We need more contributors, core devs,

That won’t help. At the current pace (+48−27 issues last month) 4.5 years of constant effort are necessary to handle everything. Even with 10x contributors and core devs that’d be still half a year.

[Zughy]

I'm interested to hear some solution/alternative approach

[Zughy]

Also https://irc.minetest.net/minetest-dev/2023-10-08#i_6120792

[jeremyshannon]

From what I've seen, the number of issues listed is less a problem for a project than the number of queued pull requests. Waiting for months while your PR sits around discourages contributors.

[Zughy]

Since OP is agreeing on the latest comment, I'll close. If the topic wants to be discussed further, I suggest to use the forum