[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-3630) Consider auto closing outdated pull requests

["Grant Henke (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Grant Henke created KAFKA-3630:
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             Summary: Consider auto closing outdated pull requests
                 Key: KAFKA-3630
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3630
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: Improvement
            Reporter: Grant Henke


Currently we don't have access to close pull requests and the list of open pull requests is growing. We are nearing 200 open pull requests and many are outdated. 

I am not sure if this is possible but I think a potential improvement would be to have a Jenkins job that runs periodically to:
1. Find all pull requests that have had no activity for 15 days
2. Comment on the pull requests that they were auto closed and should be re-opened if there is still interest
3. Close the pull requests

I don't think closing the outdated pull request will hurt project progress in anyway because:
- Jira still tracks the feature or fix
- The pull requests likely need a rebase or feedback needs to be address
- The notification will encourage the pull request owner and reviewers to follow up

As of today the break down of older pull requests is:
- [Older than 15 days|https://github.com/apache/kafka/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+updated%3A%3C%3D2016-04-12+]: 153
- [Older than 30 days|https://github.com/apache/kafka/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+updated%3A%3C%3D2016-03-28]: 107
- [Older than 90 days|https://github.com/apache/kafka/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+updated%3A%3C%3D2016-01-28+]: 52

This jira is mainly to track discussion and ideas around this challenge. Please feel free to propose an alternate solution. 
 



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