CI: Process stale issues four times per day

[hugovk]

Follow on from #116636, twice a day is not enough:

The saved state was not found, the process starts from the first issue.

• https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/runs/8257386961/job/22587844299#step:2:24
• https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/runs/8264321477/job/22607678470#step:2:24
• https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/runs/8273399574/job/22637098149#step:2:24
• https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/runs/8280384019/job/22656774950#step:2:24
• https://github.com/python/cpython/actions/runs/8289314116/job/22685512167#step:2:24

Let's try four times per day.

[merwok]

I don’t know where to discuss this stale bot.

Is the label that useful, given the possibility of sorting by last-updated?

If yes, can the comment be skipped, to avoid unhelpful notification? (They are only helpful on repos that auto-close valid issues just because of time elapsed, which is annoying too.)

[hugovk]

I don’t know where to discuss this stale bot.

Perhaps a new core-workflow issue?

Is the label that useful, given the possibility of sorting by last-updated?

I'm using it as an opportunity to check the current status of old PRs, and consider whether they're still needed. For example, on one I reminded the author to sign the CLA or we'll need to close it, and added pending to follow up.

If yes, can the comment be skipped, to avoid unhelpful notification? (They are only helpful on repos that auto-close valid issues just because of time elapsed, which is annoying too.)

We used to autoclose stale PRs with no CLA. This needs reimplementing: python/core-workflow#441.

[StanFromIreland]

We used to autoclose stale PRs with no CLA. This needs reimplementing: python/core-workflow#441.

Should we have a system where we convert old PRs that need a little update to 'easy' issues for someone to pick up? For example #30097, which was marked stale today. The author abandoned it, but the change still needs to be done.

[hugovk]

Close the PR, create an issue.