maint: add an Action to close old issues

Contributors donate their free time to work on the project because they enjoy it. If nobody cares about a problem it will likely remain open forever, lost in a list of issues that no one minds. A bulletin about the new Action will follow. I think it's reasonable to expect users to try a little harder to help, if they care about something. Simply bother colaborators can make them feel less motivated to contribute. Signed-off-by: Claudio André <[email protected]>
openwall · Jul 10, 2023 · 5404a48 · 5404a48
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+#   _   | |/ _ \| '_ \| '_ \  | __| '_ \ / _ \ |  _  /| | '_ \| '_ \ / _ \ '__|
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+#   \____/ \___/|_| |_|_| |_|  \__|_| |_|\___| |_|  \_\_| .__/| .__/ \___|_|
+#                                                       | |   | |
+#                                                       |_|   |_|
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Claudio André <claudioandre.br at gmail.com>
+#
+# This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; express or implied.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, as expressed in version 2, seen at
+# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+###############################################################################
+# Github Action to close old issues automatically
+# More info at https://github.com/openwall/john-packages
+
+---
+# Close Old Issues
+#
+# This Action will automatically closes issues after a given amount of time.
+#
+# Contributors donate free time to work on the project because they enjoy it.
+# Discussing things that nobody cares about is not pleasant and takes a lot of time.
+# And we can't force them to do it either. The issue will most likely remain open forever.
+name: Close inactive issues
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 1 * * *"
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  close-issues:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/stale@v5
+        with:
+          days-before-issue-stale: 30
+          days-before-issue-close: 14
+          exempt-issue-labels: "keep open"
+          stale-issue-label: "stale"
+          stale-issue-message: "This issue is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity."
+          close-issue-message: "This issue was closed because it has been inactive for 14 days since being marked as stale."
+          days-before-pr-stale: -1
+          days-before-pr-close: -1
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}