Stalebot considered harmful

[hholst80]

Maybe I am wrong? Maybe I am right? I just ask that you consider before adding automation, not just adding "automation" just because it is possible add it. Add automation bots when it does make sense, when it replaces human labor. Why would anyone run around all issues marking them "Stale"? Stalebot is a solution to a problem we don't have. There are currently 10 open issues in this repo. I think we can navigate them without the assistance of Mr. Stalebot.

[ulidtko]

My +1 on that, dear sir @hholst80.

And to add insult to injury: beware of probot/stale#312. I've seen it time and time again. Most recently, in #445 — the bot used to obey and removed the stale label within a minute. It didn't this time; I'm anticipating an "issue closed to no activity" in a week.

That nobody is fixing neither "metoo"-ing an issue that describes a defect — doesn't mean the defect went away. It means that people who use the software went away.

[ulidtko]

Somehow it took 15 days rather than a week... still, as predicted, it ignored my command.

@stalebot is a rogue bot — violates Asimov's Second Law of Robotics.

Where's that robot prison, how do I call the robot police?..

[BelfordZ]

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 1.6.9 🎉

The release is available on:

• GitHub release
• npm package (@latest dist-tag)
• 1.6.9

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