It takes some people a surprising amount of time to realize that a bug's long age is an argument *against* fixing it.
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Replying to @ericlaw
Not convinced it's directly an argument against, but it certainly correlates with things that argue against fixing it. I blogged about a related topic... nearly a decade ago: dbaron.org/log/20080515-age-…

Jan 8, 2018 · 7:50 PM UTC