Automatically locking old threads

[vkbo]

I've just added a scheduled job that will automatically lock issues and pull requests that have been closed and inactive for 120 days. The bot also adds a comment to each thread, so unfortunately those of you with a lot of tickets in your name will receive a notification for each of them. I just got spammed by 100 emails on the first test run. 😅

The bot is working its way through the old issues and pull requests and will do them in bulks of 50 issues and 50 pull requests every time it runs. It will take a while to complete the job, and then it will slow to a trickle. There are a little over 600 issues and 1100 pull requests to get through, but nearly all pull requests are mine, so I expect those will mainly affect me. Issues should be done in about 12 runs.

I've configured the job to run every night at 1am UTC. I may adjust it later when it's worked its way through most of the backlog.

I'm guessing @awqk, @HeyMyian, @tmarplatt, @paulkater, @johnblommers in particular will notice. 😄

[HeyMyian]

Already noticed 😄 "Oh wow, @vkbo was very productive today!"

On this occasion, I had a little reminiscing gander at all the completed issues and stuff. We, mostly you, have achieved a lot in the past 🙂✨

[vkbo]

I guess some people have notifications on for all changes, so then you'll definitely get spammed for a while. I certainly will!

It looks like it is the comment the bot writes that triggers the notifications. Perhaps I should turn that off until it's done with the first pass, or maybe entirely.

[vkbo]

Just ran another batch with the comments turned off. That resulted in no emails, so I think I will let it run through them with that first, and maybe I will turn on the comments after that.

I wasn't particularly looking forward to another ~1900 emails either 😅

[vkbo]

There, it's done with issue threads now, so I changed it to run every 3 days and added back the comment. So there will be a notification on issues when they get locked, but it shouldn't be a rush of notifications.

[paulkater]

Good job and a smart move. Better get that old stuff out into the bin.

[vkbo]

It's mostly an issue with people commenting or adding new issues on old and closed threads, which is about as effective as yelling it into the woods in terms of actually getting stuff fixed!

[johnblommers]

A blast from the past reminds us how far this project has taken us.

[vkbo]

Yeah, I decided to remove the comment to avoid these emails. It was a little annoying. 😄