For a bit more context, the creator is doing a full rewrite.
I think it would probably have been cleaner to release the rewrite first, then close all the old issues as deprecated. You could isolate the rewrite branch issues with a version tag. Closing then while the new version isn't done may lead to contributers opening new issues on the old version without realizing that it is no longer supported.
But he's not just ignoring the issues and leaving problems in the code base, the entire project is getting a refresh.
I think it would probably have been cleaner to release the rewrite first, then close all the old issues as deprecated. You could isolate the rewrite branch issues with a version tag. Closing then while the new version isn't done may lead to contributers opening new issues on the old version without realizing that it is no longer supported.
But he's not just ignoring the issues and leaving problems in the code base, the entire project is getting a refresh.
https://twitter.com/jdalton/status/1571863497969119238