On 5 August 2016 at 12:16, Janne Blomqvist <blomqvist.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > - a "2-week rule"; if a patch by a reviewer goes unreviewed for 2 > weeks, the reviewer can commit it without review. A bit like your > option a). > > > The 2-week rule, in particular, came about due to frustration with > lack of reviews.
Two weeks perhaps is too short, given the lack of reviewers and understanding that they may be offline, on holidays or some other issue. But 4 pings without any kind of response would be reasonable, IMHO. And revert swiftly in case of problems. Cheers, Manuel.