From ab5a763d9347efcd4f4134f068b2f252fcfca565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jeremystretch Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:23:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated issue staling timers --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 5707f4ad2..7a3b1f002 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -160,17 +160,20 @@ accumulating a large backlog of work. The core maintainers group has chosen to make use of GitHub's [Stale bot](https://github.com/apps/stale) to aid in issue management. -* Issues will be marked as stale after 45 days of no activity. -* Then after 15 more days of inactivity, the issue will be closed. +* Issues will be marked as stale after 60 days of no activity. +* If the stable label is not removed in the following 30 days, the issue will + be closed automatically. * Any issue bearing one of the following labels will be exempt from all Stale bot actions: * `status: accepted` * `status: blocked` * `status: needs milestone` -It is natural that some new issues get more attention than others. Stale bot -helps bring renewed attention to potentially valuable issues that may have been -overlooked. +It is natural that some new issues get more attention than others. The stale +bot helps bring renewed attention to potentially valuable issues that may have +been overlooked. **Do not** comment on an issue that has been marked stale in +an effort to circumvent the bot: Doing so will not remove the stale label. +(Stale labels can be removed only by maintainers.) ## Maintainer Guidance