Closing 45% of the open Emacs bugs
This was achieved also by ignoring open issues and simply closing the bug even though the issue still exists. An example of this is:<p><a href="https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21526" rel="nofollow">https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21526</a><p>In general, I find too much emphasis is now on "closing" an issue as soon as possible. I understand that open issues can be a burden for maintainers. However, filing issues, especially making them reproducible, can also be a burden to users, and users will stop filing issues if too many of them are closed unilaterally without actually correcting the root cause.<p>As I remember it, the Emacs maintainers used to put a lot more emphasis on actually correcting issues instead of only closing them, and this may also be the reason why fewer issues are reported now.<p>A great attraction of Emacs is how easily one can actually report issues, using Emacs itself: M-x report-emacs-bug RET.