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Add a paragraph about reviewers and review latency in Getting Started chapter
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@@ -385,10 +385,21 @@ team member you've been working with), you can specifically request them by
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writing `r? @user` (e.g. `r? @eddyb`) in either the original post or a followup
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Please note that the reviewers are humans, who for the most part work on `rustc`
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in their free time. This means that they can take some time to respond and review
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your PR. It also means that reviewers can miss some PRs that are assigned to them.
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To try to move PRs forward, the Triage WG regularely goes through all PRs that
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are waiting for review and haven't been discussed for at least a week. If you
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don't get a review within around 10 days, feel free to ask the Triage WG on
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Zulip ([#t-release/triage]). They have knowledge of when to ping, who might be
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on vacation, etc...
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The reviewer may request some changes using the GitHub code review interface.
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They may also request special procedures (such as a [crater] run; [see
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[#t-release/triage]: https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/242269-t-release.2Ftriage
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[break]: #breaking-changes
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When the PR is ready to be merged, the reviewer will issue a command to

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