[ngrilly]

I'm happy they added back this feature.

Can someone from GitHub explain why they removed it a few years ago [1], and why they changed their mind and added it back today?

[1] https://github.com/blog/831-issues-2-0-the-next-generation

[technomancy]

The rationale I heard back then was "no one used it". My guess is that these days, even if "no one" means "less than 1% of users" it still amounts to hundreds of thousands of people.