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True, but on the other hand bugs can go unfixed for years, with developers ignoring them or prioritizing them super ultra low. I know I've opened enough bug reports over the years that I can't go back and check on all of them, but I'm still hoping they'll get fixed some day.

If it's closed for "inactivity" while I'm actively waiting for a response from the developer, that's going to annoy me.




What exactly do you mean by "actively waiting"? Is your act of waiting actively in any way perceivable to anyone but yourself?


As opposed to having forgotten about it. As in, if the developer responded, Github would send me an email and I would jump back into the conversation. As in I can't do anything more until the developer responds, but once they do I'm ready to help.

There's a quick and easy way to tell if someone is actively waiting: respond to them.




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