Bug expiry in Launchpad is changing ------------------------------------ The way Launchpad handles inactive bugs is changing. This affects your project ConTeXt distribution at https://launchpad.net/context What's going to change ----------------------- Right now, the bug expiry option is enabled for ConTeXt distribution but is inactive across all of Launchpad. We weren't happy with the way bug expiry worked, so we turned it off. However, now we're ready to switch it back on. In about two weeks, we will re-enable automatic bug expiry in Launchpad. However, we are going to deselect the bug expiry option on each project, including ConTeXt distribution. What this means for your project -------------------------------- If you want Launchpad to automatically expire bugs that appear to be inactive, you need to select the 'Expire "Incomplete" bug reports when they become inactive' option on this page: https://bugs.launchpad.net/context/+configure-bugtracker For more detail on how Launchpad determines if a bug is inactive, visit our help page: https://help.launchpad.net/Bugs/Expiry If you enable automatic bug expiry, Launchpad will start to automatically apply the new 'Expired' status to inactive bugs from around 18 October 2010. If you do not want Launchpad to automatically expire inactive bugs, you should do nothing. Why we're doing this --------------------- Most projects have some bugs that languish with no activity. They clutter bug listings and, let's face it, are unlikely to ever come back to life. Automatic bug expiry lets you hand Launchpad the burden of dealing with these. We're disabling the feature on your project, and others, so that Launchpad continues to work for you in the way it does now -- i.e. without automatic bug expiry. If you do want to re-enable bug expiry, it'll take just a few seconds. Note: You may have already received this notification. Please forgive the additional email if that is the case. We wanted to be sure we contacted all the approproiate people for your project. Also, the previous emails were sent before the changes to your project settings. You should double check to make sure the settings are now what you want for automatic bug expiry. Deryck Hodge Launchpad Bugs Team Lead