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Change locking activity on inactive issues #2
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Ah, we can link to the locked issues and have the link show up because we are "collaborators" on each repo but other contributors or users cannot. I don't believe there is a way to lock the issues and still allow external folks to link to it with a visible reference (I guess that is kind of the point) so maybe we should update our wording on the locked issues? I do think it may still be useful direction for folks to put in a link to something they want further addressed, even if a reference isn't autogenerated. 🤔 |
Posted idea for being able to lock issues and still accrue references: community/community#4850 (no response). Perhaps I just prefer being able to occasionally pollute your closed issues at my leisure 😅. Wording is fine. Maybe could change: "and link to this issue" to "and include a link to this issue" |
I think why I like the idea of allowing references on closed issues is related to the practices I try to follow regarding cross-posting:
-Rstudio Community FAQ: Is it OK to Cross-Post (Though of course the practices for help sites are different from those for github.) |
I am very similar and like to cross-link a lot so I can easily find things later. For now, we do want to keep the lock files functioning as they are (not any great alternatives at this moment) and I think there is still value in encouraging people to add a link to something they want to see further addressed, even if there is no autogenerated, visible link created on both sides. I do think your suggested wording is a bit better and more clear; let's at least update that here and then we can eventually get it updated on all the repos. |
I request that old inactive (locked for comments) issues on tidymodels ( / tidyverse) packages still accumulate links when they are referenced in new issues or PRs. That way, users perusing old closed issues will be more easily linked to the most up-to-date issue(s) on a topic. (Particularly with locks happening after just 14 days after close.)
For example tidymodels/tune#215 was closed and locked. I opened and closed tidymodels/tune#381 with the intention that a link would be added at the bottom of #215 (as I'd referenced it) for anyone trying to do something similar. Yet because #215 was locked, no link to #381 was added. (This is an imperfect example as maybe I shouldn't have created #381 as it's essentially just a comment on a closed issue -- rather than a genuine bug or feature request -- which you are trying to limit. However in most cases continuing to accumulate links on old issues to newer topics may be valuable for people searching a pakcages github issues for some problem they are facing. I wonder if there is some middle ground here that allows for linking after comments are locked and doesn't leave issues overrun and tidymodels / tidyverse team slammed with notifications.)
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