Is it considered impolite to file a bug report against an abandoned open-source project, or an abandoned branch of a still-continuing project?Is it perceived as making a request of the former author(s) of the project, which they're no longer willing to fulfil, or are bug reports merely seen as a description of the current version of the software, which may be fixed by a different person in the future?
Is it impolite to file bug reports against abandoned open-source projects?
open source;issue tracking;etiquette
Impolite? No. Why it should be? If it is abandoned it means nobody will look at hose bugs.Useless? No.If that project will start to live on, or it will be used in some project - people will see that bug reported and may take it into consideration. So you would help them, or in even better scenario - they will fix it. Remember - it's OpenSource!My point in here is simple: bug is a bug. Notify about its existence and stop doubting. It may do some good. 