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<p class="MsoNormal">I suspect that the primary motivation for this proposal is that PR’s against master often become stale because nobody on the project looks at them. And then submitters are told to rebase, fix conflicts, etc. It gets disheartening. If that
 is the motivation, then perhaps the project should address that root cause.  Here are two ideas:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Mark’s scanning tool complains to the OTC if it has been “X” weeks without OTC action.  I would pick X as 2.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Change the submission rules to be one non-author OTC member review and allow OTC/OMC to put a hold for discussion during the 24-hour freeze period. That discussion must be concluded,
 perhaps by a vote, within “Y” weeks (four?).<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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