Re: [Ietf-and-github] Closing issues

Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com> Sat, 02 November 2019 00:09 UTC

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From: Rob Sayre <sayrer@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 17:08:48 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Ietf-and-github] Closing issues
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On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 5:07 PM Christopher Wood <caw@heapingbits.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Rob Sayre wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This one happened to me today: an editor unilaterally closed a github
> > issue I raised.
> >
> > The specific subject matter isn't so important for this list, but I
> > thought it was an interesting problem: Who should be able to close
> > issues?
>
> This will certainly vary across WGs, so the best we can probably do is as
> the current text in [1] suggests:
>
>    "Chairs MUST provide guidance on who is permitted to close an issue and
> under what conditions."


That seems like a good idea. But should those terms be public?

thanks,
Rob