[wpietri]

I understand the theory you're expressing, I just think it's pretty far from optimal.

Closing the issue tracker might have the effect you describe, but will also unnecessarily alienate people who would be excellent contributors with a very moderate investment.

I personally didn't "complain about people potentially abusing issues", so I'm not sure where that's coming from. What I'm interested in is helping less experienced project maintainers find healthy ways to cope with having a successful project.

But given your confidence on the topic, surely you can show us the successful open source project you are running along these lines?