Very old bugs and requirements

Hello everyone,

I was talking to Ken over irc and since I have quite some time on my hands,
I could give a hand here and there with the bugs. While discussing what goes
where, I went over the bugs list and there are quite some old ones, dating
back from 2003.

Some of the requests address packages that are no longer maintained by
anyone or "closed" due to something newer and better out there. With this in
mind I have some propositions on the bugs list:

- go through the old requirements and if the package is no longer maintained
or we have a newer package in pear or pecl, close it as "won't fix"
- go through the bugs and see the status of patches. There are a lot of
patches submitted by users so part of the job is done

With this cleanup we would end up with a much smaller bugs list and taken
one by one we might even get to the bottom of it. Since I only have karma
for the package I maintain, I am volunteering to the first part.

What do you guys think?

Regards, Stelian