+1

Yes, there had been a lot of PRs lately and our previous 3 days review
windows (if I recall) somehow may not get honored. orca-review-bot does
seem to be helpful.

Thanks,
Yong Zheng

On Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 12:11 PM Yufei Gu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> It’s great to see more contributions coming into Polaris! At the same time,
> the review load is pretty high, so it’s normal for some PRs to take longer
> to get reviewed.
>
> I’d encourage more people to help with reviews. It is helpful even you
> don’t review the whole PR and look at the parts you’re familiar with and
> sharing feedback.
>
> For authors using AI, I think we should be the first reviewers of the code
> and docs it generates. At least read and understand what you’re submitting,
> and challenge its decisions. Do we really need this extra doc or a new
> interface? Can we solve the problem within the existing design? A few
> rounds of AI review, combined with your own judgment, can help catch issues
> that a single pass might miss. Few-shot is always better than one-shot,
> esp. with human’s insights. Taking responsibility for this initial review
> helps reduce the back and forth with reviewers.
>
> As I mentioned in my earlier email [1], please keep PRs small and well
> scoped. They’re easier to review thoroughly and usually have a faster
> turnaround. Even if AI makes it easy to produce a large change quickly,
> splitting it into focused PRs still helps everyone.
>
> Just my two cents. Curious what you all think.
>
> Thanks,
> Yufei
>
> [1] PR review and committership, September 2 (
> https://lists.apache.org/thread/jdsc283vwbrff822kw2hh5nlb6qbw6x6)
>

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