Hello,
Issues are simply a more organized way to write comments; they won't co-exist. It can be weird to follow multiple threads at once and get a lot of notifications when you only want to follow your thread. I've also seen people abuse/misuse comments partly due to its name ("comments"). Issues offer more control of notifications and have an actual ping feature.
How many issues are you expected to be reported at one time? you are maintaining a build script, not a huge codebase, I rarely see the comment section ever used anyways. Seems overcomplication for the sake of adding more features, but that does not necessarily make the experience any better. Take care, -- Polarian GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760 Website: https://polarian.dev JID/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev