Bug maintenance

[Jeff Law]

On 05/08/2016 04:03 PM, David Wohlferd wrote:
> On 4/28/2016 9:41 AM, Martin Sebor wrote:
>> On 04/28/2016 01:35 AM, David Wohlferd wrote:
>>> As part of the work I've done on inline asm, I've been looking thru the
>>> bugs for it.  There appear to be a number that have been fixed or
>>> overtaken by events over the years, but the bug is still open.
>>>
>>> Is closing some of these old bugs of any value?
>>>
>>> If so, how do I pursue this?
>>
>> There are nearly 10,000 still unresolved bugs in Bugzilla, almost
>> half of which are New, and a third Unconfirmed, so I'm sure any
>> effort to help reduce the number is of value and appreciated.
>
> That's exactly what prompted me to ask.  There's such a vast number of
> them, it's hard to believe that 9 year old bugs are still of interest.
I consistently fix a few of these for every release, as do other 
developers.  They're all still of interest, though regressions certainly 
get the most attention.

I do think the backlog is too large and needs a good cleanout and will 
encourage anyone with an interest to do whatever they can to flush out 
old bugs.

jeff