On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 21:45:38 +0100, "Marcus Denker"
<denker at iam.unibe.ch> said:
> ...
> BFAV contains lots of old stuff, I think we should do, as a first step:
> 
>   -> close all submissions that did not have any review newer than 6 
> Month.
>       If a fix/enh is not touched for half a year, it's clear that it is 
> not important.
> 
>   -> close all submissions that have problems (e.g. conflicts with newer 
> changes) in the
>        following case: Someone reviewed, found the problem and sent a 
> comment
>        (e.g. "conflicts", "needs changeset"). Now there is no reaction 
> of the author for 3 months.
>       These should be closed, as the change is not even important for 
> the author.
> 
>    -> close bug-reports older then 1 year, ask the author to re-check 
> with newest version and
>         re-report in mantis if needed.

Sounds like a reasonable plan.

Also, adding a new BFAV (or Mantis) category for representing "needs
work" (as discussed in the other thread) sounds like a good idea to me
too.  It's similar to the "Review" status, but is more specific.

- Doug