Let people add a comments on Closed Issues.

[iperewin]

Scope

Adds a new behavior

Compatibility

• This is a breaking change

Feature description

Closed issues are the source of truth on Open Source projects. You can improve the knowledge shared by letting people give feedback on Closed Issues.

[kettanaito]

Hi, @iperewin. Thanks for raising this.

I've decided to auto-lock closed issues after some period of time has passed since their inactivity. This leaves enough room for someone to share their comments but keeps me sane dealing with people just submitting new issues in comments because they believe it's the same issue. It rarely is.

The issue is only closed for two reasons: it's been fixed or it's out of scope. If someone is experiencing something similar, I strongly encourage them to open a new issue and provide a reproduction repository for their issue.

Would that recommendation work in your case? Was there something in particular you wanted to share under some issue but couldn't?