> I wonder if any organizations would benefit from the effort to maintain an officially-recognized triage list of "we have to let these remediations die" issues, instead of a backlog. Once issues make it into a backlog and stay there for longer than T time (usually about a year), I've very rarely seen the issue make it out of the backlog into a sprint again, even years later.
Another option is to treat backlog as a graveyard for issues. They might rise from the dead, but most of them will not. Still, it is useful to have them. When someone comes with a "novel" idea they can use the old ticket with all the existing discussion pro & cons instead of starting the same conversation over and over again. Surprisingly lots of things only seem like a good idea, but when discussed they turn out to be WONTFIX issues.
Another option is to treat backlog as a graveyard for issues. They might rise from the dead, but most of them will not. Still, it is useful to have them. When someone comes with a "novel" idea they can use the old ticket with all the existing discussion pro & cons instead of starting the same conversation over and over again. Surprisingly lots of things only seem like a good idea, but when discussed they turn out to be WONTFIX issues.