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On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 02:18:50PM +0200, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> So software can already send the reminders, but the real problem is to
> assign the PRs in the first place.  Currently most assignment are self-
> assignments.

My experience has been that assigning PRs to people who have not
specifically requested that PRs related to that subject be assigned
to them, almost always results in the PRs languishing.  This is why
I (with bugmeister hat on) discourage the bugbusters from doing so.

mcl