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Re:Gnome has moved to GitLab by freehunter on Friday June 01, 2018 @09:01AM (#17204848)
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.

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Re:Gnome has moved to GitLab by eptcyka on Friday June 01, 2018 @12:32PM (#17207041)
What exactly do you mean by "actively waiting"? Is your act of waiting actively in any way perceivable to anyone but yourself?
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Re:Gnome has moved to GitLab by freehunter on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:17PM (#17209741)
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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