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Set 36h limit for reviewer to respond when at capacity

Matthias Käppler requested to merge mk-review-response-docs into master

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I thought we could clarify timing expectations in cases where a reviewer is unlikely to meet the 2 day requirement to first provide a review response to an MR.

By setting a maximum of 36 hours for responding with a non-review response ("Sorry I'm at capacity, I will find someone else instead!"), it gives folks a better target to work with than just "as soon as possible". I first suggest 1 day (24h) but to account for flexible hours, it can be difficult to meet this requirement.

I also clarified the "review response" to actually mean "this MR is reviewed", since I think the language we use here is unnecessarily complicated, and I actually had read this as "some response to the review request, not necessarily the review itself."

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Edited by Matthias Käppler

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